但为何这个分子时钟在过去四分之一世纪中对于法医学家如此有用呢？究其实是因为某人死去时它突然停止，凝滞了死亡瞬间。

But what has made this molecular clock so useful for forensic anthropologists over the past quarter-century is the fact that it stops dead when someone dies.

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真切、迅猛地下手以及公牛在瞬间的死亡使她兴奋地歌唱起来。

The keen, true thrust, and the instantaneous death, made her sing with joy.

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大多数鸟都落在了屋顶和地上，在它们冲向死亡的瞬间发出沉闷的巨响。

Most landed on roofs and the ground, making loud clunking noises as they shattered themselves to death.

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We all know about "Liebestod" in "Tristan and Isolde," the moments of death in literature which obviously are sexually charged.

我们都知道李斯特创作的《崔斯坦和伊索德》中“,文学中的死亡瞬间由性管控。

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