This may be a survival strategy – that is, a strategy shift from the short term to the long term – but surviving a crisis is better than suffering from it.

这可能是生存的策略，就是说，是一种将短期转为长期的策略。 在危机中求生存总要比受苦受难来的好。

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This was because they had been trained to react in a certain way to people in long flowing robes and long flowing headdresses, and were currently suffering from a conflict of signals.

之所以会这样，是因为他们受过专门的训练，对那些特别飘逸的人总会有种特别的反应。但是，她们现在却被这些自相矛盾的信号冲突折磨的死去活来。

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This will prevent long-term complications which take a heavy toll in human suffering and financial cost.

这样可预防造成严重痛苦和经济损失的长期性并发症。

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