What distinguishes a depression from a harsh recession is paralyzing fear - fear of the unknown so great that it causes consumers, businesses, and investors to retreat and panic.
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Regardless, all these complex measures had the same psychological purpose: to reassure people that the free fall would stop and, thereby, curb the fear that would perpetuate (使持久) a free fall.
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To curb the fear of a lasting free fall
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N-VAR
恐懼;懼怕
Fear is the unpleasant feeling you have when you think that you are in danger.
例句
I was sitting on the floor shivering with fear.
我坐在地板上，嚇得發抖。
...boyhood memories of sickness and fear of the dark...
兒時記憶中的病痛和對黑暗的恐懼
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VERB
害怕;懼怕
If you fear someone or something, you are frightened because you think that they will harm you.
例句
Many people fear change because they do not like the old ways to be disrupted.
很多人懼怕變化，因為他們不喜歡舊有的生活方式遭到破壞。
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N-VAR
擔心;擔憂;憂心
A fear is a thought that something unpleasant might happen or might have happened.
例句
These youngsters are motivated not by a desire to achieve, but by fear of failure...
激發這些年輕人的不是對成就的渴望，而是對失敗的擔心。
Then one day his worst fears were confirmed...
后來有一天，他最擔心的事終于發生了。
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VERB
擔心;擔憂;憂慮
If you fear something unpleasant or undesirable, you are worried that it might happen or might have happened.
例句
She had feared she was going down with pneumonia or bronchitis...
她擔心會得肺炎或支氣管炎。
More than two million refugees have fled the area, fearing attack by loyalist forces.
兩百多萬難民擔心受到效忠舊政府的勢力的攻擊而逃離該地區。
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N-VAR
(壞事發生的)可能性，機會，幾率
If you say that there is a fear that something unpleasant or undesirable will happen, you mean that you think it is possible or likely.
例句
There was no fear that anything would be misunderstood...
并無引起誤會的可能性。
There is a fear that the freeze on bank accounts could prove a lasting deterrent to investors.
人們擔心凍結銀行賬戶可能會長期阻礙投資。
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VERB
(替…)擔心;(為…)擔憂
If you fear for someone or something, you are very worried because you think that they might be in danger.
例句
Carla fears for her son...
卡拉為兒子擔心。
He fled on Friday, saying he feared for his life.
他星期五逃走了，說是擔心自己有生命危險。
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N-VAR
擔心;擔憂
If you have fears for someone or something, you are very worried because you think that they might be in danger.
例句
He also spoke of his fears for the future of his country's culture.
他也談到了對祖國文化前途的擔憂。
...fear for her own safety.
對她自己安全的擔心
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VERB
害怕做;不愿做
If you fear to do something, you are afraid to do it or you do not wish to do it.
例句
She pursed her lips together, as though fearing to betray her news...
她閉緊雙唇，仿佛害怕透露出她的消息。
Old people fear to leave their homes.
老年人都不愿背井離鄉。
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VERB
恐怕
You say that you fear that a situation is the case when the situation is unpleasant or undesirable, and when you want to express sympathy, sorrow, or regret about it.
例句
I fear that a land war now looks very probable...
恐怕陸地戰爆發的可能性很大。
'Is anything left at all?' — 'I fear not.'
“留下什么東西了嗎?” ——“恐怕沒有。”
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PHRASE
在對…的擔心之中;在對…的恐懼之中
If you are in fear of doing or experiencing something unpleasant or undesirable, you are very worried that you might have to do it or experience it.
例句
The elderly live in fear of assault and murder.
老人們生活在對襲擊和謀殺的恐懼之中。
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PHRASE
以免;免得
If you take a particular course of action for fear of something, you take the action in order to prevent that thing happening.
例句
She was afraid to say anything to them for fear of hurting their feelings...
她什么都不敢對他們說，以免傷害他們的感情。
No one dared shoot for fear of hitting Pete.
沒人敢開槍，怕傷著皮特。
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PHRASE
別擔心;不用怕
You say 'fear not' or 'never fear' to someone when you are telling them not to worry or be frightened.
例句
Fear not, Darlene will protect me...
別擔心，達琳會保護我的。
You'll get the right training, never fear.
你會受到正規訓練的，別擔心。
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CONVENTION
絕對不;當然不
You use 'no fear' to emphasize that you do not want to do something.
例句
When I asked him if he wanted to change his mind, William said 'No fear.'
我問威廉是否想改主意，他說：“絕不會。”
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PHRASE
故意嚇唬;故意使…擔心
If someone or something puts the fear of God into you, they frighten or worry you, often deliberately.
例句
At some time or other Eve had obviously put the fear of God into her.
顯然伊芙時不時有意嚇唬她一下。