The new countries fear that their new-found independence might be lost.新成立的国家担心可能会失去刚刚获得的独立。

She had feared that she was going down with pneumonia.她担心自己会感染肺炎。

I fear that …恐怕…

I fear that a land war now looks very probable.一场地面战争恐怕在所难免。