The shepherd thought that other wild animals or mischief-makers would be scared of the "dog"'s presence and not harm his flock while it was around.

牧羊人心想，其他野兽或者坏蛋看到这“牧羊犬”准会被吓跑，有它在，谁也不敢害他的羊。 。

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The minor exceptions to this are cases where the spammer really is trying to advertise directly to readers on that site and cases of pure malice or mischief.

与之稍有例外的情况是垃圾信息散布者确实在试图直接向该站点的访问者做广告以及对他人财产进行纯粹的蓄意破坏。

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You must have meant some mischief, or else you'd have signed your name like an honest man.

你一定是想恶作剧，否则，你就会像一个诚实的人那样签上你的名字。

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The cave, certainly, is an occasion for easy irony: the man who has perhaps done more than any other person to entice generations of children to spend their playtime indoors, in front of a video screen, happened to develop his peculiar talent while playing outdoors, at whatever amusements or mischief he could muster.

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According to the hacker group, known as Goatse Security, a flaw in the Safari browser would allow cybercriminals to hijack iPads and use them for sending spam, stealing passwords or other mischief.

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Besides stealing electronic cash, a thief could exploit stored data for mischief - or blackmail.

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