Unlike a thorn, a prickle can be easily broken off the plant because it is really a feature of the outer layers rather than part of the wood, like a thorn.

与刺不同，皮刺能够被轻易地从植物茎上剥落，因为它仅仅是植物外层的一种特征，而不像刺那样是树木的一部分。

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“Small yet rigid crystals showed the ability to quickly re-form their broken bonds, and as a result fail ‘gracefully’ — that is, gradually rather than suddenly,” graduate student Keten explains.

“微小但刚硬的晶体显示了天然丝迅速对断裂的化学键进行重组织的能力，同时作为‘温和地’失灵的一种结果——就是说，逐渐失灵比突然失灵要好，”研究生凯滕解释说。

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Now a study of broken teeth reveals that artistic licence has, at least for predator and prey, been rather accurate.

现在，一项对断裂牙齿的研究显示，艺术的想象还是很符合事实的，至少在食肉动物和猎物较量这块儿是这样。

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If not Obama, it seems the Republicans would have similarly erred mightily by virtue of trying to fix what was broken rather than let the markets correct the myriad errors that originated from the federal government to begin with.

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However, if this case is going to send Mandell and Harrington to prison for many years then the government had better start talking about some laws that have been broken rather than a one-time stock broker (Grabowski) who had a change of heart because he no longer believed his own sales pitch.

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We would always prefer to see businesses broken out rather than hidden in some conglomerate.

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