Over the years, in an attempt to mask my difficulties, I have developed a number of cloaking devices, including the ability to make and maintain eye contact.

多年以来，我采用了各种办法来掩饰自己的困难，包括使自己和别人保持目光接触。

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But even apart from cloaking devices, the metamaterial techniques being studied have other applications, including fiberoptics.

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But the story's visceral appeal presents a problem for those who contend that the novel's poetic language and resonant imagery are merely cloaking devices for what amounts to a thin, lurid storyline that would barely pass muster in a bottom-feeding pulp magazine.

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