be afraid of和be afraid to有什么区别

Answer 1

be afraid of 和be afraid to的区别其实非常好记，告诉你：

be afraid of doing/sth. 意为害怕，恐怕，担心

be afraid to do sth. 意为不敢做……事

给你句句子，你马上就能搞清：
he is afraid of being beaten by his father.他怕被他爸抽

这里明显用be afraid of,如用be afraid to的话，解释为“他不敢被他爸抽”，这太可笑了

he is afraid to touch the snake.他不敢碰那条蛇

Answer 2

be afraid to do sth 和 be afraid of sth/doing sth
be afraid to do sth，不敢去做某事

be afraid of doing sth,一向害怕做某事，表示习惯。
例句
she was
not afraid of dancing with strangers,but she was afraid to dance with Mr.Green
tonight,because she thought him dangerous.

她不害怕和陌生人跳舞（指在舞会上，表示习惯），但是今晚，她不敢和格林跳舞（很可能格林向她发出邀请，因为她觉得格林是个危险人物，不敢跳舞只是今晚这一次）

Answer 3

of 后面加名词，to后面加动词。be afraid of poverty be afraid to talk.