博伊德补充说明了他的观点，指出证据可以用其他方式加以解释。

Boyd qualified his opinion, noting that the evidence could be interpreted in other ways.

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戴蒙德将其解释为敌对酋长的权力展示，他们被困在一个偏远的小岛上，没有其他方式可以维护自己的统治地位。

Diamond interprets them as power displays by rival chieftains who, trapped on a remote little island, lacked other ways of asserting their dominance.

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但这无法解释，为啥当采用其他方式操作这个巨大的防喷器时，它仍然不工作。

This does not explain why the great valves failed even when they were activated by other means.

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