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例句
Back in the Qing Dynasty, a drug store apprentice was always scolded by his boss. He had to bear the insult for fear of losing the job.
清朝的时候，有一个药店，店里配药的小伙计常常挨老板的骂，他怕丢了饭碗，只好忍气吞声。
For it was a cursed seed from the beginning: neither didst thou for fear of any one give pardon to their sins.
因为他们从起初，就是被诅咒的后裔。你没有降罚他们的罪行，并非因为你怕谁。
For fear of losing the ring, he did not leave the sight of the moment to backpack.
为怕戒指丢失，他没一刻让背囊离开视线。
Still, the state has continued to pay big consumption subsidies for fear of public unrest if it stopped.
尽管如此，印尼政府仍继续支付巨额石油消费补贴，因为政府担心一旦停止补贴，就会发生公众骚乱事件。
An artisan was fastening Mother Hucheloup's big straw hat on his head with a string, "for fear of sun-stroke, " as he said.
一个工人用细绳把于什鲁大妈的大草帽拴在头上，他说：“免得中暑。”
Like the elders or nobles, we are afraid to stand up for fear of men, and just follow what people do.
像那些长老贵胄那样，我们不敢站稳立场，因为害怕他人，并只是盲目地跟随别人。
If he dares not to try for fear of making mistakes, he has already failed at least to save his time.
如果因为害怕犯错而不敢尝试，那么至少在节省时间方面就已经失败。
But she did not turn her eyes either to right or to left, for fear of seeing things in the branches and in the brushwood .
她的眼睛既不向右望，也不向左望，惟恐看到树枝和草丛里有什么东西。
4 And for fear of him the guards shook and became like dead men.
太二八4看守的人由于怕他，就战抖，甚至和死人一样。
This has led to a situation where Japanese consumers do not spend for fear of more years of high unemployment and low growth.
这种情况使日本消费者担心，在今后数年内，高失业率和低增长率仍将持续，因而不愿消费。
He had not tried to interview them in Mexico for fear of his safety.
在墨西哥，他出于安全考虑没有试过与他们面谈。
And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
看守的人，就因他吓得浑身乱战，甚至和死人一样。
After the match he just paced back and forth and was unable to sit down for fear of cramping all over his body.
比赛后他只能来回渡步，没法坐下来，生怕全身肌肉痉挛。
Around headquarters, it was rumoured that she could not speak, for fear of lacerating her lips with her razor-sharp tongue.
在总部的时候，人们总是谣传她不擅言词，因为他们畏惧她过于锋利的言谈。
Bear Stearns had been helped in March for fear of chaos in derivatives markets, in which it was a leading player as a prime broker.
三月份帮助贝尔斯登是因为担心衍生品市场的混乱，因为贝尔斯登作为一个主要经纪人是衍生品市场的领军人物。
Carry traders were lulled into a false sense of security, while more sceptical competitors joined in for fear of underperforming.
利差交易者被安全的错觉所麻痹，同时稍微警惕一些的竞争对手因害怕业绩不佳，也加入了这一行列。
I did not know, but refrained from asking any further questions at present, for fear of irritating Lupin.
我从没听说过这些人，不过怕卢宾烦恼，就没有再问。
He made a comprehensive gesture, and edged himself into the conversation of another group, for fear of having all his prejudices overturned.
他做了一个领悟的姿势，挤进了另外一伙人的谈话中去，为的是怕他的一切成见都要给推翻了。
Someone urged her to take a few dregs of opium, but she refused for fear of addiction.
有人劝她抽两口鸦片，你丈母又不肯，怕上瘾。
Which of the following Western artists once said he did not dare visit China for fear of meeting Chinese painter Qi Baishi there?
曾说自己不敢去中国是因为中国有齐白石在的西洋艺术家是谁？
The thing angered him greatly, but he was unable to hurt the monkey for fear of his master.
这种情况十分惹他恼火，然而由于怕得罪猴子的主人，他不能伤害他。
Andy must tend to her every whim without question and with the utmost haste for fear of the retribution she might receive from her boss.
安迪必须倾向于她的每一次心血来潮，毫无疑问，与最匆忙为报复她可能收到来自她的老板。
I did not ask any of the above for fear of looking even more trivial than I looked already.
我没有提出以上问题，因为怕自己比看起来的样子更琐碎。
On our first trip we were told to leave a gap between our cars of at least 10 yards for fear of Taliban fire from the top of the mountains.
记得在第一次旅途中，有人警告我们要使我们的车辆彼此保持至少10码的距离，以防来自山顶的塔利班炮火的袭击。
He tried to hire a lawyer, he said, but lawyers shunned the case for fear of drawing the local government's wrath.
他曾经去请过律师，但是律师害怕这会激怒当地政府，都纷纷避开了。
And he originally did not seek to invest equity in part thinking that banks would refuse the money for fear of looking weak.
并且，最初他没有寻求投资股票，部分是出于对银行拒绝这笔钱的担心，因为这会让银行看起来有机可趁。
Her opponents say they have had trouble raising money because some would-be donors have held back for fear of a punitive tax audit.
她的对手们讲道，他们在筹集资金上遇到困难，原因是一些潜在的赞助商由于害怕税收审核所带来的刑罚而退缩了。
No one will raise moral psychology of the question of obesity, for fear of sounding uncompassionate and reactionary.
没有人会对肥胖提出道德谴责，因为那样听起来冷酷无情而且很反动。
Small gray pigeons at home since the day of small pearls ran out, for several days dared not go home for fear of being seized Fort Police.
小灰鸽自从那天从小珍珠家跑出来后，好几天没敢回家，生怕被堡警抓住。
4And for fear of him, the guards were struck with terror, and became as dead men.
看守的人由于怕他，吓得打颤，变得好像死人一样。
They were all expansive on the topic, and all wanted to stay off the record, for fear of offending people in Washington.
他们对这个主题都侃侃而谈，希望与记录保持距离，担心得罪华府的人。
For that reason, the judge stopped short of revealing himself to the public for fear of seeing his decisions challenged in court.
正是那样，法官并没有采取任何行动向公众透露自己（有忧郁症）的情况，因为他怕看到自己在法庭上的决策受到挑战。
I was so afraid of miscarrying you that until you were born I did not want to think of you for fear of losing you.
我是如此害怕失去你以致到你出生，我都因为害怕失去你而不去想你。
Chinese leaders are likely to be extremely reluctant to stump up money for Europe, for fear of a grassroots backlash from citizens.
中国领导人由于担忧民间会强烈反对，或许极不情愿为欧洲掏腰包。
Even when milk was plentiful, many did not drink it for fear of the fatal "milk sickness" .
即使牛奶供应充足时，很多人也不喝牛奶，害怕染上致命的“牛奶病”。
Fifty or more are expected soon to be cleared for release who cannot be returned to their home countries for fear of ill-treatment.
预测50名或更多囚犯很快被澄清释放，但他们因害怕受虐而不会返回祖国。
South Korea's parliament has shied away from taking up the deal for fear of being embarrassed if the U. S. Congress rejects it.
韩国议会不愿启动这一问题，因为担心如果该协议不能在美国国会获批则会使自己颜面无光。
Such a rule might encourage employers not to hire at all, for fear of legal action.
这一规定也许会使雇主根本不再去招聘员工了，因为这样他们就不用担心违规了。
I was eager to get out of class, for fear of what other unanticipated adjustments might occur.
我急切的期望离开教室，害怕其他不能预料的感觉袭来。
He knew he was wrong, but he would not admit it, for fear of losing face.
他知道他错了，但是不愿意承认，怕丢面子。
I am now bound by money and power, just as fish fisherman fishing for fear of being the kind of fear of the Internet.
我现在被金钱与权力束缚着，就像鱼儿担心被渔夫捞上网的那种恐惧。
