for fear of

基本解釋

People like Mrs Luebbe, in contrast, are against it for fear of what an accident might do to her livelihood.
相反，和呂伯一樣的人們反對該工程是因為擔(dān)心萬一發(fā)生事故會影響到她的生計。
Teams go to extremes on communicating; they are either too shy or are overly eager in their communication for fear of either doing too much or too little.
溝通時團(tuán)隊會走向極端；他們擔(dān)心做的太多或太少，在溝通過程中因太內(nèi)向而說得太少，或者因太外向而說得太多。
This kind of person constantly agrees with everything others suggest, for fear of having their own ideas rejected.
這種人總是同意別人建議的每件事，就因為害怕自己的意見會遭到拒絕。

The women were more likely to reduce their tanning for fear of looking older and developing wrinkled skin than fear of getting skin cancer.
It is fear, not reason, that leads us to abandon the state of nature and sue for peace.
與理性不同，恐懼讓我們放棄自然狀態(tài),轉(zhuǎn)而去尋求和平。
耶魯公開課 - 政治哲學(xué)導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選
There's a fear here that the ambition of this bid for paternal light is presumptuous, perhaps it's even satanic Satan of course in the next book, Book Four will have his invocation to light.
人們會擔(dān)心彌爾頓認(rèn)為光與上帝差不多的想法,過于膽大妄為，或許是極惡的,當(dāng)然，第四卷里的撒旦,也會祈求光明。
耶魯公開課 - 彌爾頓課程節(jié)選

"You could not go out after that, for fear of being shot, " he says.
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