Child psychiatrists have long known that sometimes O. C. D. in children can be like that, that it can come on fast, out of the blue, like a plague, and then last anywhere from days to months.

儿童精神科医生们早就知道，有时儿童的强迫症可以突然发病，像瘟疫一样，然后症状可以持续从几天到几个月或者更长。

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What Cheng and co have started is a cat and mouse game just like those that plague the antivirus and spam filtering industries.

对于程和他的合作者来说这是一个猫鼠游戏，就像疫症和抗菌素、垃圾邮件和邮件过滤行业一样。

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I ran down a number of alleyways and snickets, gradually working my way around the outskirts of the town back towards my house, and at the same time trying to avoid the roads like the plague.

我沿着很多小巷和过道跑着，渐渐地开始从镇子的外围边缘往家跑去，同时，我也尽量避开那些像瘟疫一样的大路。

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You expect harm to befall them, like a plague, but, for once, it stays its hand.

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Finally, disease has visited much of Africa like a modern plague (see our story on p. 96).

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Otherwise, avoid being cutesy like the plague and act like a professional at all times.

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