With their enormous size and weight, today's farm machines have significant downsides: they compact the soil, reducing porosity and killing beneficial life, meaning crops don't grow so well.

由于庞大的体积和重量，现在的农业机械有显著的缺点：它们会把土壤压实，降低土壤孔隙度，杀死有益的生命，这意味着农作物不会长得太好。

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The importance of being wanted was something he stressed time and again, as well as killing the rumours that he wasn't a popular person last time he was with the team.

被别人需要的重要性他多次强调，除此之外他还反击了对于他上一次跟球队呆在一起的时候他不是一个让人欢迎的人的说法。

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Killing them at close range will of course result in acid splashback, and they will burn the environment with their ichor as well.

在近距离内消灭它们会被强酸血液伤到，这些血液也会破坏周围的环境。

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As a poverty program, raising the minimum wage is like killing flies with a shotgun, not very well targeted.

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It's used in an effort to make the picture appear "smooth" -- something we saw with the Xperia Play as well -- but it leads to the unsatisfying outcome of killing fine detail and replacing it with a smeared appearance.

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These appendages may be well intentioned, but their sheer weight is effectively killing the bridge with love, weakening its structure to such an extent that Paris City Hall is urging tourists to stop the practice.

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