When you have to hack through layers of packaging and plastic to get to your dinner, it's likely to be unhealthy, Zepeda says.

当你必须撕去包装和塑料，才能吃晚餐，很可能是不健康的，塞佩达说。

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Bushwhacking is also a term for using a machete to hack through thick jungle grass or undergrowth, which is used more to scare off animals near you than to carve a path.

布伊刀也是一把用在草丛或灌木丛里砍草用的大砍刀，可用来吓跑接近你的动物并开拓一条小径。

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We had to hack our way through the jungle.

我们不得不在丛林中辟路穿行。

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Guides lead trekkers up precipitous verges and across rivers, and rusty machetes are used to hack paths through the thick, thorny rainforest.

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Depending on the time of year, you may need to hack your way through high grass and brush for part of the climb, but the remoteness and the stillness are wonderful.

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