Storms and earthquakes do not kill people: buildings do the killing.

风暴和地震没有杀人：建筑杀了人。

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At very high levels, radiation can kill an animal or human being outright by killing masses of cells in vital organs.

能级非常高的辐射线能摧毁重要器官里的大量细胞从而把动物或人立即杀死。

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If, for example, the precept against killing allowed you to kill living beings when their presence is inconvenient, that would place your convenience on a higher level than your compassion for life.

举例来说，假设杀生戒允许你在其它生灵的存在对你不便时把它们杀死，那样就把你的方便放在了高于你对生命的慈悲的位置。

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So, they don't start killing all the cells in your respiratory system; they only kill the cells that are harboring the virus.

所以它们不会杀死所有呼吸系统内的细胞,只杀死那些被病毒感染的细胞

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That makes it tougher to target, separate out and kill viruses without also killing the cells they have infiltrated.

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"You don't have to form a snake-killing committee to kill a snake, " says Thomas Zimmerman, the plant's UAW chairman.

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Mr Justice MacDuff told the jury Green admitted the unlawful killing of Lia but without the intent to kill.

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