To avoid the disaster he built a tall bronze tower, wherein he shut Danae up with her nurse.

为了避免灾难的发生，他建造了一座高高的铜塔，把达那厄和她的佣人关在里面。

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The pilots had to take emergency action to avoid a disaster.

飞行员们不得不采取紧急措施以避免灾难的发生。

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To avoid delays, she wanted the disaster relief legislation to be kept free of extraneous matters.

为避免延误，她希望无关紧要的事不被掺杂进灾害救济立法程序中。

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The firm said its scheme had been designed to avoid the disaster site.

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And at the same time, much more basically, we must deal with the need of rebuilding Haiti, thanks to an effective decentralization policy -- namely, offering health care, education, jobs to all Haitians, men and women, regardless of where they live in the country, in order to prevent migratory flows towards the big cities, towards Port-au-Prince, and that will help avoid that disaster such as the earthquake would cause so many victims.

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If we can avoid disaster for the next two centuries, our species should be safe, as we spread into space.

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