Subsequent reports have since thrown cold water on the idea that Apple would buy Tesla.

随后，一直有报道对“苹果收购特斯拉”泼冷水。

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While demographers acknowledge the Chinese zodiac's cultural importance, some have thrown cold water on the idea that it affects birthrates on a national scale.

虽然人口学家承认中国十二生肖文化的重要性，有些人还是向这种文化泼来了冷水，因为他们认为这种文化影响了全国人口的出生率。

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Wood is Burned to heat the stones, and, when the stones are hot, cold water is thrown on them to create steam.

用木柴在地板上的一个空隙中燃烧石块，然后将冷水浇在石头上产生蒸汽。

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Paul O'Neill, the recently ousted treasury secretary, has thrown cold water on the Bush plan, saying that the money going to tax cuts would be better spent shoring up Social Security.

ECONOMIST: The tax cut