Computer engineers talk of "stiction" -the phenomenon of microscopic components sticking together-and spend a lot of time trying to figure out ways to avoid it.

电脑工程师一般城之为“表面阻力”——一种显微镜级下物质粘连的现象——工程师们已经与之斗争了很长时间了。

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I think this is a normal phenomenon. What we need to do is to properly handle our differences and disputes so as to avoid the disruption in our overall cooperation.

我认为这是国际关系中的正常现象，各方只有妥善处理相互分歧与矛盾，才能防止其干扰合作大局。

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Several factors could account for this phenomenon, which seems to run counter to the experiments where an animal learns to avoid electrodes after getting zapped a few times.

这一现象似乎与动物实验结果背道而驰，动物在被电极击倒数次后就能学会避开它。

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And the last point for France Telecom, we have to continue our growth in fast-growing countries, in order to improve the quality of our footprint and to avoid to be impacted by economic phenomenon which will happen in the future.

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The second measure relates to a positive phenomenon numerous companies employed in the 1970s and 1980s that enabled them to restructure their balance sheets and avoid bankruptcy: They used stock or cash to buy back their debt.

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