"lest" meaning in 英語

See lest in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: lɛst
  1. (条件節に用い)もし、~でないならば。~の無いように。~しないように
    Sense id: ja-lest-en-conj-q~Jd~lhl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: before
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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "テンプレート:pronに引数が用いられているページ",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "国際音声記号あり",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語_接続詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "英語",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "conj",
  "pos_title": "接続詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He won't go outside, lest he be eaten by those ravenous eagles.",
          "translation": "貪欲な鷲に食われないように、彼は外に出ない"
        },
        {
          "text": "Lest they be captured, the soldiers fled from the battlefield.",
          "translation": "捕まらないのならば、兵士は戦場から逃げ出すだろう。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(条件節に用い)もし、~でないならば。~の無いように。~しないように"
      ],
      "id": "ja-lest-en-conj-q~Jd~lhl"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "lɛst"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "before"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lest"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "テンプレート:pronに引数が用いられているページ",
    "国際音声記号あり",
    "英語",
    "英語_接続詞"
  ],
  "lang": "英語",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "conj",
  "pos_title": "接続詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He won't go outside, lest he be eaten by those ravenous eagles.",
          "translation": "貪欲な鷲に食われないように、彼は外に出ない"
        },
        {
          "text": "Lest they be captured, the soldiers fled from the battlefield.",
          "translation": "捕まらないのならば、兵士は戦場から逃げ出すだろう。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(条件節に用い)もし、~でないならば。~の無いように。~しないように"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "lɛst"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "before"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lest"
}

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