If you put sulphur dioxide into air that already has a haze of particles in it, the gas will glom onto those particles, making them bigger, rather than forming new small particles of its own.

如果我们把二氧化硫释放到大气中去，而大气中已经有云雾颗粒存在，那么已有的云雾颗粒就会粘住这些二氧化硫微粒，使它们变大，而不是自己形成新的微粒。

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It is also experimenting with running cables from the mainland to its offshore platforms, to allow them to run off cleaner mains power, rather than small gas-fired generators.

同样，该公司在进行着试验——从陆地向离岸采油平台接通电缆，以允许他们使用更洁净的能源发电，而不是使用小型的天然气发电机。

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The Swiss bank also said it now expects to make a small quarterly profit rather than the loss it had predicted when the scandal broke, mostly because of credit gains on its financial liabilities.

这家瑞士银行同时宣称其预期获得少量季度收益，而非丑闻发生后所预计那样出现亏损，情况的扭转绝大部分归功于其金融负债方面的信贷收益。

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The reviewer found the device to be rather small for its class -- which of course we love to hear -- but didn't like the way it felt in the hand, and weren't particular impressed with its button layout.

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It was feared that by feeding on small local fish, rather than its usual diet of squid, it would become dehydrated.

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It needs no massive army of salesmen, since its core customers are a small band of highly specialised doctors, rather than the huge populations with arthritis or hypertension that the big drug firms try to reach.

ECONOMIST: Smooth sailing, so far