Getting back to the normal life without the Internet is not easy, especially when the Smiths lose themselves in it.

回归没有互联网的正常生活并不容易，尤其是在史密斯一家沉浸其中的时候。

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They would turn into the shrubbery walks and lose themselves until they came to the long walls.

他们会拐进灌木丛中的小路，隐藏身形，直到来到长围墙前。

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They lose themselves in their desire to change and improve the world.

他们在自己试图改变和改进世界的渴望中迷失了自我。

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Observers often cite the psychological theory called deindividuation, which argues people literally lose themselves when granted anonymity.

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In South Korea's omnipresent "PC bangs" ( bang means room in Korean), millions lose themselves in virtual worlds day after day.

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To the outside eye of the biographer is added another complication: these characters are chameleons and shape-shifters, deliberately out to lose themselves.

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