Fire fighters were battling at the weekend to douse fires in the north of the region that cloaked the town of Nizhny Novgorod, the regional capital, in smoke.

上周末，消防战士扑灭了该地区北部的大火，解决了曾被吞噬的下诺夫哥罗德，但地区首府仍浓烟密布。

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Leaping up in terror, Jenny threw her broth over the licking flames but the fluid did nothing to douse the fire.

詹妮吓了一跳，连忙把汤泼在身上，却未能浇灭上窜的火苗。

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Some texts douse the word "dance," but these texts are twisted until the argument is made that it's fine to dance in church.

有些经文有“跳舞”这个词，但是这些经文被曲解了，直歪曲到有人据以以为在教会中跳舞是好的。

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Whether women actually became more beautiful by applying Body Performance Anti-Cellulite Visible Contouring Serum, or whether they would have done as well with a quick douse in cold water, is impossible to say.

ECONOMIST: Est��e Lauder

It's another thing to douse yourself in ignorance and pretend that Blu-ray (let alone HD DVD) never happened.

ENGADGET: Toshiba remains stubborn, looks to DVD upscaling while brushing Blu-ray off

BlackBerry must douse themselves in the labyrinthine reality of who they are.

FORBES: What Will It Take To Boost BlackBerry? A Definition Beyond Function