The only time the human population declined was in the years following 1347, the start of the of the plague 'Black Death' in Europe.

人类人口减少的唯一时间段是1347年之后的数年，即黑死病在欧洲蔓延期间。

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A couple of years ago the game's owners, a Californian firm called Blizzard Entertainment, accidentally spiced things up by releasing a plague far more virulent than they had intended.

数年前，一个叫暴雪娱乐的加州游戏开发和运营公司偶然通过发布比他们预期的更致命的“瘟疫”来增加游戏的趣味性。

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Two months later, Microsoft was slapped with an antitrust suit, a filing that would plague the company for years even if it eventually came out on top.

两个月后，微软就遭到反垄断诉讼。 此后数年，公司都深受其苦，虽然最终它还是取得了成功。

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He rarely gives interviews, avoids publicity like the plague and, despite five years in the spotlight, little is known about his character.

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Similar woes plague Intel--down 22% over the last ten years--as tablets running non-Intel chips eat into the notebook market.

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