The news of their coming was carried to every part of Greece.

Had he fallen victim to smallpox?

他是否已成了天花的牺牲品?

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The very fact that CIA interrogators thought they needed to water-board two prisoners a total of 260 times says all that needs to be said about efficacy.

中情局的审讯人员认为，他们需要对两名囚犯总共实施260次水刑，这本身就充分说明酷刑的效力有限。

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With Mr bin Laden in his watery grave, a chapter may close.

随着本拉登的水刑，恐怖主义可告一段落了。

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No, this is not some new form of water torture but rather Dr Dennis Gross's Steamer Solutions ($ 125, currently only available in the US), a DIY skincare device that promises to open my pores and restore brightness to my dull skin.

这并非某种新型水刑，而是丹尼斯医生（Dr Dennis Gross）的蒸汽治疗仪（Steamer Solutions，售价125美元，目前仅美国市场有售），这款DIY护肤设备号称可以打开全身毛孔，使无光泽的皮肤恢复亮丽；

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The four documents-issued under the Bush administration-revealed details of interrogation techniques like simulated drowning that have been condemned around the world.

布什政府期间出台的这4份文件，详细列举了一些审讯手段，包括目前在全世界都受到谴责的模仿溺水的水刑。

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Critics say many of the harsh interrogation practices, including water-boarding or simulated drowning, amount to torture.

批评人士指出，许多严厉的审讯手段，包括被称为“水刑”的模拟溺毙等等同于酷刑。

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In Thursday's speech Mr Brennan said tactics like water-boarding were "a recruitment bonanza" for extremists, and he such techniques had undermined America's national security.

在星期四的演说中，布伦南说水刑等手段对于极端主义者来说就是“招募新兵盛典”，但是这些手段破坏了美国的国家安全。

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Perhaps 14000 people were sent to S-21 for a daily routine of electrocution, water-boarding and flagellation before being carted off for execution-a shovel or spade to the head-at the nearby "killing fields."

据计大概有14000人被送进S-21监狱，接受日常惯例的电击，水刑和鞭刑，直到在附近的“杀人场”被断头处决——用铁锹或铁锨击打头部。

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But they're actually doing it to you, you are being waterboarded.yes.

但是他们对你是来真的你被施以水刑是的

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She was one of the few that I know of who was subjected to the water torture, which is not dissimilar from what people might know as water-boarding today.

她是我所知的为数不多的几个遭受过水刑的特工之一。她当时遭受的水刑跟当今大家可能知晓的那种是差不多一样严酷的。

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What purpose would be served in laying out the legal sophistry that said the repeated water-boarding of detainees was not cruel, inhuman or degrading?

把宣称对囚犯反复实施水刑并不残忍、非人道或有损人格的诡辩公诸于众，又有什么用呢？

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The runners-up in the marathon were only seconds behind the winner.

马拉松比赛的亚军仅比冠军落后了几秒钟。

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Despite finishing as runner-up, the team played exceptionally well.

尽管只获得了亚军，但球队的表现非常出色。

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Last year, she was the runner-up in the national singing competition.

去年，她在全国歌唱比赛中获得了亚军。

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Bearberry is a trailing evergreen plant of the heath family with astringent foliage and red berries.

熊果是杜鹃花科的一种匍匐常绿植物，叶子有收敛性，果实为红色。

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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, commonly known as bearberry, is a low-growing shrub found in northern latitudes.

熊果（学名Arctostaphylos uva-ursi）是一种生长在北纬地区的低矮灌木。

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The bearberry bush produces small, pinkish-white flowers and red berries that are popular with wildlife.

熊果灌木开出小而粉白色的花，结出红色的果实，深受野生动物的喜爱。

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Arbutin, which can be extracted from the bearberry bush, prevents the formation of melanin and so is used in skin-lightening products.

熊果灌木中提取的熊果苷能阻止黑色素的形成，因此被用于美白产品。

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The leathery leaves of the bearberries formed a dense mat beneath the trees.

熊果的革质叶片在树下形成了一层厚厚的垫子。

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Bearberries grow in northern latitudes all over the world.

熊果生长在全世界的北纬地区。

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