“A prince,” Niccolo Machiavelli wrote, “should have two fears: one, internal concerning his subjects; the other, external, concerning foreign powers.”

意大利历史学家尼可罗·马基亚维利曾在《君主论》中写道“身为君主，应当注意两件事：对内，关乎臣民；对外，关乎列强。”

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There are fears that the series could rekindle animosity between the two countries.

有人担心这一系列的事情可能会重新引发两国之间的敌意。

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The two boys forgot all their fears when they saw there was real treasure downstairs.

当两个男孩看到楼下有真正的宝藏时，他们忘记了所有的恐惧。

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In nineteen fifty-two, doctors confirmed his worst fears.

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The two biggest fears of children in urban Chicago are that snakes and spiders, even though many of these children have probably never seen a snake outside of a zoo in their lives.

芝加哥市区孩子最害怕的两样是,蛇和蜘蛛，甚至这些孩子,从未在动物园以外的地方见过蛇。

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Fears of a wider-ranging debt default affecting other banks drove Japan's Nikkei index down two percent.

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That raises two fears: that it would eventually lead to inflation, or even hyperinflation, and that it would compromise the Fed's independence.

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The survey reveals that the share of the population that considers bankruptcy to be one of its top two fears about starting a business was as low as 25 percent in Lithuania and as high as 60 percent in Hungary.

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Contrary to the conventional wisdom that Americans are less afraid of failing as entrepreneurs than people in other nations, the United States was tied with Italy for the sixth highest share of the population reporting that going bankrupt was one of the top two fears people had about starting a business.

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