The worst reason to launch an attack would be a fear of seeming irresolute.

发起攻击最坏的理由就是因为害怕看起来犹豫不决。

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This stealth capability makes it able to attack enemy targets with less fear of retaliation.

它良好的隐身能力使得其在攻击敌方目标时不用担心被击落。

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Mr. Langner is among the experts who expressed fear that the attack had legitimized a new form of industrial warfare, one to which the United States is also highly vulnerable.

朗格内尔也是对攻击催生的工业战的新形式表示担忧的专家之一，这种形式也使美国面临易受攻击的高度危险。

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The debate includes fear of radiation, fear of terrorist attack, fear of too much waste, no place to put the waste, concern for the planet, etc.

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In the wake of the attack, the fear was that a breach in the wall, and flooding of the bathtub, might flood the Path tunnels that passed into the bathtub.

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It first demanded, and quickly got, the demilitarisation of a jungle area the size of Switzerland in the southern part of the country, so that it could prepare for talks without the fear of attack.

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