The idea that helping mosquitoes, rather than destroying them, may be the way to eradicate malaria is pleasingly counterintuitive, even if it would mean more mosquito bites at night.

通过要“帮助”蚊子，而不是消灭他们，也许可以成为根除疟疾的方法。 这是一种令人愉悦，而又违反直觉的想法，即使这可能使你在晚上被更多的蚊子叮咬。

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Recently, however, the campaign has been all about destroying anti-Arroyo images, rather than building them up.

然而最近，双方都在诋毁对方的声誉，而不是提升自己的形象。

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Recent research shows that TNF, rather than destroying tumors as first thought, may actually spur their growth.

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What is unusual about Physisporinus and Xylaria is that they gradually degrade the cell walls of the wood they infect thinning them rather than destroying them completely.

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The oil industry has been waiting patiently for Chavez to die with the hope that whoever came next would be more interested in building value rather than destroying it.

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