Disturbing this chemical system can have dire effects - brain researchers have found that in rare instances, gene mutations that affect these very chemicals can cause obesity in people.

扰乱这一化学系统会带来可怕的后果。脑研究者发现在一些罕见的例子中，影响这些化学物质的基因突变会导致人体肥胖。

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The psychoanalyst's job is, therefore, to bring into the conscious mind those factors which are disturbing the unconscious mind and so cause them to disappear.

因此精神分析的任务就是引出意识状态中那些干扰了无意识心理的因素，这样就能让它们消失了。

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Now, a nightlight won't hurt, but keeping the TV or computer on or having your normal light on can cause us to wake throughout the night, disturbing our sleep.

现在，一个夜灯也没什么伤害，但是开着电视、电脑，或者开着平常的灯睡觉可能会让你整晚都醒着，扰乱睡眠。

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That dynamic can get otherwise sensible people to unite around a disturbing cause, just because they feel under attack.

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But if only those tempests strong enough to cause serious damage are studied, a disturbing picture emerges.

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By disturbing the body's equilibrium, anabolic steroids can potentially cause damage to many of the body's major organs, particularly the liver, which has to deal with breaking down the compound.

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