During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the entire site became covered with a layer of hard grey clay, which minimised further erosion.

在十七世纪和十八世纪，整个遗址被一层坚硬的灰色粘土覆盖，这极大减少了进一步的侵蚀。

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But much of the damage could be minimised if it was known in advance that the storm was approaching.

但是如果预先知道风暴即将来临的话，大部分的损失都可以降到最小化。

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A small transport overhead (the fixed-length header is just 2 bytes), and protocol exchanges minimised to reduce network traffic.

小型传输，开销很小(固定长度的头部是2字节)，协议交换最小化，以降低网络流量。

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It is essential that the painful impact of David Cameron's decisions is minimised wherever possible.

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It says the environmental consequences will be minimised by the conditions attached to the proposed schemes.

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Now competition has minimised that advantage (and no longer always in favour of the Japanese).

ECONOMIST: The gods that have failed��so far