Fear of living too long.

害怕活得太久。

youdao

If that was true he must have felt that he had lost the old warm world, paid a high price for living too long with a single dream.

如果这一情况真实的话，他那时一定感觉到了他已失去了他原来的那个温馨世界，感觉到了他为这么长时间只活在一个梦里所付出的高昂代价。

youdao

If that was true he must have felt that he had lost the old warm world, paid a high price for living too long with a single dream.

因为倘若如此，他一定会觉得，他已经失去了那个温暖的旧世界，他为了生活在一个梦中太久而付出了太多代价。

youdao

It came from living too long in a fantasyland of your own hopefulness.

NEWYORKER: The Repatriates