But other purchasers of objects touched by a famous person are swayed by so-called contagion: the implicit belief that the thing retains some essence or physical trace of the former owner.

但另外一些购买者对名人曾染指的物品患上了某种所谓的传染症：某种潜在的想法让他们觉得这东西还存留着前度主人的某种身体痕迹精华。

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Any objects touched by listeners should either be thread safe or, for thread-confined objects such as Swing models, the listener should be confident that it is executing in the right thread.

侦听器涉及的任何对象，都应当是线程安全的，或者是受线程约束的对象(例如Swing模型)，侦听器应当确定自己正在正确的线程中执行。

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She looked into the sky and then noticed it, a dark, swirling mass of black cloud sucking up everything it touched and hurling objects at horrific speeds straight up or straight to the side.

她向天空一望，然后看到了它——一大团黑压压旋转的乌云将所有碰到的东西都吸了进去，并且以骇人的速度将各种物体直接甩到空中或旁边。

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Wash your hands, especially after you've been in public places and touched handrails, grocery-cart handles, and other frequently handled objects.

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Shots of seemingly innocent objects a bus pole, an empty glass, both recently touched by an infected person are held for just an instant longer than usual.

NEWYORKER: Call the Doctor