Imagine that an alien species landed on Earth and, through their mere presence, those aliens caused our art to vanish, our music to homogenize, and our technological know-how to disappear.

想象一下，外星物种登陆地球，而他们的存在会让我们的艺术消逝，同化我们的音乐，也让我们的技术知识消失了。

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Indeed, the mere presence of a grape in the other chamber (without an actual monkey to eat it) was enough to induce resentment in a female capuchin.

事实上，只要葡萄出现在其它房间里（不用有猴子真的去吃），就足以引起一只雌性卷尾猴的愤恨。

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They wondered in particular if the mere presence of a canine in the office might make people collaborate more effectively.

他们特别好奇的一点是办公室里仅仅有狗的存在是否就能让人们合作得更有效率。

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His mere presence in Dresden -- on the heels of a visit to Buchenwald and just before attending the Normandy commemorations -- would boost the revisionist cause.

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Consider the findings of a study in this month's issue of Social Psychology, examining how the "mere presence" of a cell phone -- even when it is not being used -- influences people's performance on complex mental tasks.

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The intent was that the mere presence of police would deter any would-be attackers.

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