Although bad weather, like that of the May Day weekend, keeps boats and booms at bay, it also ACTS as a dispersant itself, mixing the oil into the water.

尽管，就像国际劳动节周末的天气那样，糟糕的天气情况使船只和水栅被滞留在海湾内，但它本身也有分散剂的作用，能将浮油沉入水中。

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At the close of the previous century, ambitions for malaria control had been reduced to holding the disease at bay, aiming to keep a very bad situation from getting any worse.

在上个世纪结束之际，疟疾控制方面的远大目标已被降至保持疾病稳定，其目标是保证其糟糕的境况不再变得更坏。

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In good times or bad, good professionals are always in demand. As managers, we have to constantly keep the wolves at bay.

不论经济形势好坏，优秀的专业人才总是供不应求。作为管理人员，我们必须时刻对此做好防范。

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He'll leave a gamey piece of goat in this brew for about five days, allowing natural enzymatic action to tenderize the meat, while the marinade keeps bad bacteria at bay.

WSJ: Get Your Goat On

Transformers Director Michael Bay then became one of the Bad Boys by dropping a Pearl Harbor-sized bomb on Paramount regarding its decision in a blog post since deleted and retracted, leading to speculation it was really the Decepticon version of Michael Bay that made the original posting.

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Stuart Law (45) and Paul Horton (48) got Lancashire through to lunch but, with their side needing a win to keep Sussex and Durham at bay, had to bat on in bad light.

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