Basic Fear: Of being defective or inadequate in some way.

潜在恐惧：生命中仍有不足之处，情感世界仍有缺陷。

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At a basic level, most fear is irrational, especially in a business context.

从基本层面来看，大部分恐惧都是非理性的，特别是在业务环境之中。

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The thread that connects these disparate places is the fear that basic supplies of land, water and fuel might soon not be available or affordable.

把这些毫无关系之处联系起来的线索是人们担心他们会很快无法得到或负担不起土地、水源、燃料的基本供给。

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"So clearly that is a major concern for us. If you think in terms of just basic health services or even more acute health conditions, there is a fear that people who were there at the time of the flooding are not getting the treatment that they should be."

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The problem wasn't the treaty, it was the fear of losing basic powers to Continental bureaucrats.

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The treaty wasn't the problem, it was the fear of losing basic powers to Continental bureaucrats.

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For the stock market, with its steady rise since the start of 2012 and in January 2013, it should pick up more steam this year, powered by a buildup of basic optimism as opposed to a fear-based market attitude.

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