Was it out of fear?

是出于惧怕？

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Journalists admit to censoring themselves out of fear.

记者们承认正努力让自己抛开恐惧感。

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On seeing the dog, the calf began to run out of fear.

小牛看见狗就会由于恐惧开始乱跑。

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He thinks it is partially due to consumers overbuying out of fear.

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That's a very strange thing because the Greeks turn out to be an enormously active seafaring people with tremendous fear of the seas.

但奇怪的是,希腊人,虽然对海洋有着极度的恐惧,但同时,他们又是一个活跃于海上的民族

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People had great fear of being left out of the real estate market.

人们十分担忧,在这轮房地产浪潮中没能占到先机

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Morgan asked to change her name out of fear of reprisals against her family.

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Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate.

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