Fear of losing one's house or failing to find another job are likely bigger contributors.

当然，担心自己失去房子或者无法找到新工作很可能是是触发这类情绪的更重要的因素。

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One cat owner in Guanghzou said people are afraid to let their pets leave the house for fear they will get nabbed.

一名在广州的猫主人说现在人们都不会让自己的猫咪在室外到处走动，因为他们害怕猫咪会被抓走。

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Critics call this scaremongering and fear that the White House will gain unnecessarily sweeping powers.

批评者称之为扰乱人心，并且担心白宫会获取一些影响深远的不必要权力。

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Some fear the house will hurt property values.

WSJ: Luxury Real Estate: Living Off the Land

Meanwhile, a few hundred metres further along the headland the owners of a 140-year old kipper smoking house fear a landslip may threaten their property.

BBC: Whitby landslip houses demolition delayed

Others fear that a house business committee would amount to no more than the same old backroom dealing, but clothed with a little extra legitimacy because a few establishment grandees had been in the room when it was sealed.

BBC: The year ahead in Parliament