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他们说作出这个决定，与其说是出于气愤，不如说是出于悲伤。 They said that the decision was made more in sorrow than in anger. | ||
有的传基督，是出于嫉妒分争。也有的是出于好意。 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will. | ||
他做事完全出于私利。 He is motivated entirely by self-interest. | ||
少焉，月出于东山之上。 After a little while, the moon lifted itself above the eastern hills. | ||
我使用这个词是出于疏忽。 I used this word from carelessness. | ||
他拒绝交谈只是出于固执。 His refusal to talk was simple stubbornness. | ||
出于同情心我不逼债了。 They helped us out of pity. | ||
我们服侍神，不是出于罪疚感，恐惧，也不是因为责任，而是出于喜乐，出于深深的感恩，感谢神为我们所作的一切。 We don't serve God out of guilt or fear or even duty, but out of joy, and deep gratitude for what he's done for us. | ||
陶甗在二、三期时不见出于房址和墓葬之中，大多出于灰坑之中。 Pottery Yan are hardly found in building lot and grave of Yinxu II III, they are mostly found in ash pit. | ||
降旗是出于对死者家属的尊重。 The flags were lowered out of deference to the bereaved family. | ||
