Abused children may be vulnerable to further abuse because this is the only attention they have been getting and that they know.

被虐待的孩子可能受到进一步的虐待，因为虐待就是他们一直以来唯一得到的关注，也是他们唯一知道的可以获得的关注。

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"Children are physically and emotionally vulnerable," he said. "They are often the first to succumb to disease and malnutrition." They can be scarred for life by mental or emotional abuse.

“孩子的身体和心灵都是很脆弱的，”他说：“他们常常是第一个患上疾病和营养不良的人。”

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But as long as it remains a criminal act, sex workers will be vulnerable to arbitrary abuse.

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Privacy watchdogs have speculated that both Google's and DoubleClick's databases would be vulnerable to data leaks and ripe for abuse by a prying government.

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