降旗是出于对死者家属的尊重。
The flags were lowered out of deference to the bereaved family.
她毫无私心，这样做只是出于对他们安全的担心。
She had no axe to grind and was only acting out of concern for their safety.
他们当中，并非所有人的行动都是出于利己的目的。
那封信不是写给我的，然而我却出于好奇把它拆开了。
The letter wasn't addressed to me but I opened it out of curiosity.
18个月前我联合董事会发起的这些变革是出于我爱这家公司。
The changes I instigated in association with the board 18 months ago were because I love this company.
我使用这个词是出于疏忽。
出于同样的原因，越南也禁止了数月的出口。
Vietnam banned its exports for several months for the same reason.
他这样做是出于嫉妒。
他那样做是出于吃醋。
曾经，生物学家认为小鸭子跟随母鸭是出于本能。
Once, biologists thought that ducklings followed the mother duck because of instincts.
“好吧，”麻雀说，“出于你丈夫的好意，我给你两个选择。”
Alright," said the sparrow, "for your husband's kindness, I offer you two choices."
她的行动是出于虔诚的宗教信仰。
他的行为是出于权宜之计而非原则。
他出于被迫在供状上签了字。
出于安全考虑，裁判暂停了那场比赛。
他已经不再去听讲座了，纯粹出于厌倦。
艾丽娜摇了摇头，是出于困惑，而非否定。
他声称自己是出于自卫。
这个政党的许多成员入党纯粹是出于投机。
Many of the party's members joined only for opportunistic reasons.
人们投票选他只是出于两害相权取其轻罢了。
我不愿意撒谎，但我安慰自己那是出于好意。
I didn't like lying but I consoled myself that it was for a good cause.
她完全是出于私利。
你该不是说他是纯粹出于好心主动借钱给你的吧？
You're not telling me he offered to lend you the money out of the goodness of his heart?
他是个乡下小伙子，出于爱国心和冒险精神参了军。
He was a country boy who had joined the army out of a sense of patriotism and adventure.
即使他把你烦透了，出于礼貌你也不能让他看出来。
Even if he bores you stiff, it is good manners not to let him know it.
出于对丧失亲人家属的考虑，新闻记者没有到葬礼现场。
Journalists stayed away from the funeral out of consideration for the bereaved family.
出于政治需要的立场，革命年代的暴力行为是无可非议的。
The violence of the revolutionary years was justifiable on the grounds of political necessity.
我们愿意认为我们所做和所想的一切都是出于自己的意愿。
We like to think that everything we do and everything we think is a product of our volition.
很多大学认为学生出于自愿比被逼迫上课能学到更多的东西。
Many universities argued that students learned more when they were in classes out of choice rather than compulsion.
他们这么做并非想多牟利，而是出于他们义不容辞的高贵责任感。
They did so without hope of further profit and out of a sense of noblesse oblige.
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