肇事车辆一经移走，交通拥堵现象很快就消除了。

The traffic jam soon cleared once the offending vehicle had been removed.

《牛津词典》

这些房子在五年前就确定要拆除了。

The houses were first slated for demolition five years ago.

《牛津词典》

他们拆除了教务主任的办公室，于是就留出了一块空地。

They'd pulled the registrar's office down which then left an open space.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

It's the outcome of a race one's running faster than all of the other guys and it's as if to have a career at all one has no choice but to come in first.

这里讲的是一项竞赛的结果,某个人比其他所有人跑的都快,就好像这场竞赛中,除了第一你别无选择。

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It's that she's rotting; there is mushrooms growing on her, figurative mushrooms growing on her head.

她就像在腐烂;,就像有蘑菇长在她的脸上，她的脸除了些许白斑都是紫色。

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If I'm wearing a mask as I do my terrible stuff, nobody will know it's me, but there's also a psychologically liberating effect.

如果我干坏事是戴上面具，就没人知道是我，除了这个原因，还有一种心理解脱效应。

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