People wanted to know how they had blundered into war, and how to avoid it in the future.

人们想弄清他们怎么会错误地卷入战争，将来如何才能避免这样的事。

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However,the Office of Dietary Supplements of the National Institutes of Health notes that pregnant women may want to avoid it.

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In the American Civil War,there was a draft, but you could avoid it by hiring somebody to take your place, if you were rich enough.

在美国内战期间，曾有过强制征兵，但是你可以让人代替你，如果你足够有钱的话。

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He seems to avoid it.

他似乎逃避了这个问题。

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For all its efforts to avoid it, Germany and Europe will nevertheless meet inflation in Samarra.

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The simplest way to avoid it is to spend all that you have and die broke.

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It is better to never be a general partner if one can avoid it.

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