Dousing the flames with water is cleverer than it sounds because it cuts the levels of both heat and oxygen.

用水灭火这个办法听起来不怎么样，但却是一个好办法，因为这样做既可以降低热量，又可以减少氧气的量。

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Lay the casualty down as soon as possible to prevent the flames sweeping upwards. Quickly put out the flames by dousing the casualty with water.

尽可能快的让伤员平躺下来，防止火焰往上窜。往伤员身上淋水，以尽快的熄灭火焰。

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Did he say anything afterwards, like dousing the flames of anger, hatred?

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Dousing the monetary tightening flames further was a cooling in cost pressures with input prices declining by 2% during the month and at twice the predicted pace leaving the annual pace of gain at a still admittedly high 15.7% pace.

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There is a crisis in US relations with Israel today because the president of the United States has very publicly taken a torch to those relations and he responds to any sign that the flames are waning by dousing fresh kerosene on the fire.

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