The court overturned the jury's decision because it argued that the railroad's negligence was the immediate cause of damage only to the nearest buildings.

法院推翻了陪审团的决定，因为法院认为，铁路的疏忽只是造成最近建筑物损坏的直接原因。

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These can cause vibration and damage the blades of the turbines.

这些（气泡）会引起振动并损坏涡轮机的叶片。

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Now let's focus on a specific example of a natural predator that can cause a lot of damage to coral reefs—the Crown of Thorns, or CoT starfish.

现在，让我们来看一个自然捕食者的具体例子，它会对珊瑚礁造成很大的伤害——那就是刺冠海星。

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The goal of the project is to examine in detail how tornadoes are formed and the kinds of damage they cause.

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Other kinds of microorganisms reproduce and cause tissue damage in a different way.

其他种类微生物的繁殖,也可以以其他形式引起组织的损害

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Now, a virus is not capable of reproducing on its own, so if you got a virus into your body somehow and it didn't enter any of your cells, it would cause no damage because it could not reproduce.

病毒自身并不能繁殖,所以如果你的身体感染了病毒,而病毒没有进入细胞的话,因其不能繁殖所以不会对身体造成伤害

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The report contends that the main cause of the damage is the growth in the human population and associated economic activities.

ECONOMIST: Deforestation and floods

The bad news, though, is that foreclosure is costly and high rates of it can cause plenty of collateral damage.

ECONOMIST: America's property crisis

On its own, the hurricane could cause a lot of damage.

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