for fear of 为了避免……

释义

If you take a particular course of action for fear of something, you take the action in order to prevent that thing happening.

例句

She refused to say anything to journalists for fear of hurting her reputation.

GRE

Filmmakers need to resist the impulse to move the camera quickly from detail to detail for fear of boring the viewer, to frame the image for the sake of drama alone, to add music for fear of silence.

电影制片人需要抵抗这样一种冲动：为了避免让观众陷入无聊而在细节之间快速移动摄影机，仅仅为了戏剧性而进行构图，为了避免无声的场景而加入音乐。