GbEng
我用功，免得考不及格。 I study hard, so that I may not fail in the examinations.
把绳子绑牢，免得它松脱。 Bind the rope fast lest it should come loose.
这些批评意见已修改得缓和些以免得罪人. The criticisms had been watered down so as not to offend anybody.
我们必须知道别的国家的习俗，免得他们会认为我们是没有礼貌的。 We must find out the customs of other countries, so that they will not think us ill mannered.
因此，看起来政治家们取得了胜利。我惟一的想法是，他们为此付出了惨重的代价，未免得不偿失。世界上其他任何一个国家的政治家之间的分歧都没有这里的政治家之间的分歧那么大，那么公开。 So it looks as it the politicians have won. My only point is that it has been a Pyrrhic victory. In no country in the world are politicians held in greater or more open division than they are here.