An attack on him was obviously an attempt to destabilise his country.

攻击他显然是企图破坏他国家的稳定。

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If it appears that escape is not possible, then a last attempt at deflecting the attack is tried - playing dead, or otherwise appearing as an undesirable morsel to the attacker.

如果判定逃跑没希望了，最后就会试图通过装死来躲避攻击，或是用其他办法使自己在攻击者眼中看起来不那么美味。

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Attack An attempt to circumvent the security measures in place on a network either to gain unauthorized access to the system or to force a denial of service.

试图破解网络上某一处的安全防护措施，以便在未获得授权的情况下访问系统或者是遭到服务拒绝。

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