The word refers not to the fragility or loss of the thing itself, but to the human feelings evoked by its passing.

这个字指的不是事物本身的脆弱或消逝，而是指它的消逝在人心中激起的情感。

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You might say that the only thing he has to fear is fear itself.

也许你会说，唯一值得奥巴马恐惧的，就是恐惧本身。

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But when it comes to inflation, the only thing we have to fear is inflation fear itself.

但谈到通货膨胀，惟一让我们感到恐惧的是这种所谓的“通胀恐惧”本身。

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So,first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself-- nameless,unreasoning,unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."

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The first thing we need to do is write the electron configuration for the atom itself, and then we need to take an electron away.

首先我们要做的是,写出原子的电子排布，然后，我们再拿走一个电子。

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A multiline insurance company insures many different kinds of things and doesn't confine itself to one thing.

多线保险公司为多种事故提供保险,而不是局限于某一种事故

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It believes that the right thing is to protect itself.

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" So to plagiarize blatantly, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

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It's one thing cutting the jigsaw but it's totally another thing for it to dismantle itself.

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