for fear that; lest
Example Sentences
深更半夜年迈的老母亲轻手轻脚地推开虚掩的房门给正在挑灯夜读备战高考的儿子轻轻换上一杯温热的纯牛奶，生怕发出一丁点响动打扰孩子。
shēn gēng bàn yè nián mài de lǎo mǔ qīn qīng shǒu qīng jiǎo dì tuī kāi xū yǎn de fáng mén gěi zhèng zài tiǎo dēng yè dú bèi zhàn gāo kǎo de ér zi qīng qīng huàn shàng yī bēi wēn rè de chún niú nǎi, shēng pà fā chū yī dīng diǎn xiǎng dòng dǎ rǎo hái zi.
In the middle of the night, the elderly mother gently opened the ajar door and gave her son, who was staying up all night studying to prepare for the college entrance examination, a glass of warm pure milk, for fear of disturbing the child by making the slightest noise.
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