For another, the lack of stabilizing vertical surfaces-a bane of all-wing designs, past and present-resulted in frequent lurches, making sharp shooting and accurate bomb delivery that much harder.

再则缺少提供稳定性的垂直表面是所有全翼设计的致命弱点，过去是，现在也是；——这导致经常侧翻，使快速射击和准确轰炸都变得更为困难。

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Think of the class clown who was the bane of many teachers but is now a successful stand-up comedian.

想想那群被一些老师认为是祸害的家伙，现在成了堂堂的喜剧演员。

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Piracy may be the bane of the music industry but according to a new study, it may also be its engine.

盗版有可能是音乐产业的祸根，但一项新的研究表明，盗版行为也可能成为音乐产业的源动力。

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This bacterium, which causes life-threatening distension of the gut in some people who have been treated with antibiotics and thus had their microbiomes disrupted, is a bane of hospitals.

ECONOMIST: Modern medicine

The need for the parts of an engine to fit together tightly enough to stop hot gases seeping where they should not, and yet not so tightly that they rub on each other in a way that wears them out, is a constant bane of engine designers.

ECONOMIST: An engine made of water

Malaysia's Mahathir Mohamad appeared to get away with a form of it during the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s when he divorced his currency from the capital markets. ("Hot money" is a particular bane of contemporary go-it-aloners.) Now Thailand's Thaksin Shinawatra is getting credited, even in sophisticated circles, with galvanizing his country's recovery through internal demand.

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