It's funny that I've treated the tumescent bump on my arm as a cowry these two days and for fear that something may be wrong.

有趣的是，这两天我一直把胳膊上隆起的肿块当作宝贝一样对待，生怕有个什么问题。

Sometimes we are not satisfied with what our friend do, but we will not point it out for fear that we might lose that friend.

有时我们对朋友的所作所为并不满意，但我们不会指出来，因为我们害怕失去那个朋友。

Children are frequently discouraged from involvement with natural spaces, for health and safety reasons, for fear that they might get dirty or that they might cause damage.

出于健康和安全方面的考虑，担心会弄脏或受伤，孩子们经常被劝阻不要接触自然界。

A few feverish weeks in bed ended in specialist appointment, where I was diagnosed with Lupus and rushedinto hospital for fear that it may have attacked my internal organs.

我在床上发烧了几个星期，最后被专科医生诊断为红斑狼疮。我被匆忙送往医院，因为我担心红斑狼疮会袭击我的内脏。

A few feverish weeks in bed ended in specialist appointment, where I was diagnosed with Lupus and rushed into hospital for fear that it may have attacked my internal organs.

我在床上发烧了几个星期，最后被专科医生诊断为红斑狼疮。由于担心红斑狼疮会损害内脏，我被紧急送往医院。

But children are frequently discouraged from involvement with natural spaces, for health and safety reasons, for fear that they might get dirty or that they might cause damage.

但出于健康和安全方面的考虑，担心它们会弄脏或造成损害，孩子们经常被劝阻不要接触自然空间。

He worked hard for fear that he might be fired by the boss.

他拼命地干活惟恐被老板解雇。

This may be for fear that they will be mistreated.

这可能是担心他们回国后将受到虐待。

for fear that NOT doing so might upset NATO arrangements.

唯恐不这么做会打乱NATO的安排。

He goes home early everyday for fear that his wife would be angry.

他每天很早就回家，免得老婆生气。

He did not want to look up, for fear that the man would see his moist eyes.

他不想抬起头来，怕男人看见他潮湿的眼睛。

More often than not they are sold, for fear that no one can match the original boss.

由于担心无人能比肩第一任老板，此类企业往往被出售。

But he will think hard before doing so, for fear that this would raise tensions further.

但他在这么做之前要作激烈的思想斗争，担心这么做会进一步加剧双方的紧张关系。

Greece can no longer risk holding an auction for a new issue of bonds for fear that it fails.

在新债券的拍卖会上担心无人问津，希腊已经不能在冒这样的风险了。

Many are reluctant to reveal details of their remedies for fear that their ideas will be stolen.

很多人因为害怕被剽窃，所以不愿透露他们的配方细节。

I know some speakers who are petrified of presenting demos for fear that something will go wrong.

我知道，一些演讲者因为害怕出状况而在演示过程中呆板的遵循演示文稿。

I burnt it, for fear that even a fragment should remain; for that letter must have led to your condemnation.

我把它给烧了，就怕留下只字片言，因为那封信简直就是您的判决书。

Q: Is China opposed to sanction for fear that any sanction against Iran will affect Iran's oil export to China?

问：中国反对对伊朗进行制裁是否担心制裁将影响伊朗向中国出口石油？

The publication of official statistics was curtailed, for fear that it would encourage civil servants to meddle.

官方统计报告被削减，以免其鼓励公务员插手。

Oracle is also very reluctant to talk about product roadmaps for fear that future products will cannibalize existing ones.

甲骨文也不愿意谈论产品规划图因为担心未来的产品冲击现有产品。

Bankruptcies among retailers also scared people away from gift cards, for fear that stores would not be around to honour them.

零售商的破产也让人们产生了恐惧，开始远离礼金卡，担心商店不能提供相关服务。

Agents have become warier of questioning detainees abroad for fear that they will be blamed for any abuse they may have suffered.

情报机构对于审问国外的被拘留者格外小心翼翼，因为他们担心会被控滥用刑罚。

No! We did it for fear that some day your descendants might say to ours, 'What do you have to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?

我们行这事并非无故，是特意作的，说：恐怕日后你们的子孙对我们的子孙说：'你们与耶和华以色列的神有何关涉呢？

Under the current system they cannot and will not collaborate for fear that it will jeopardize funding, patent protection, and publication.

在现有系统下，他们不能也不愿意合作，考虑到这会使资金，专利保护和发表成果都受到威胁。

Fischer revealed that she doesn't wear her multi-faceted diamond engagement ring to work — for fear that it'll get stolen from her trailer.

菲舍尔可是非常宝贝她的订婚钻戒——从来不戴着它工作，怕拍戏间隙中有人会把它偷走。

And managers may now avoid promoting people from the back office to trading desks, for fear that they just know too much about the plumbing.

经理们可能不会再将后台部门的员工提拔到前台部门使用，因为担心他们仅仅只是“太了解”银行业务系统。

He has been nervous when visiting his family in Britain for fear that he would not be allowed to re-enter America, where he and his husband live.

从他和他的家人一起参观英国时便一直很紧张，因为他怕自己再也不能和他丈夫回到一起居住的美国。

Now, of course, all dogs had been kept away from him for fear that the fairies' prophecy should come true, and he had never even seen one before.

当然，以防小妖精的预言成真，人们一直让所有的狗都离他远远的，因此他甚至从来没有见过小狗。