The more pesticides are used, the more resistant the insects become so the more pesticides have to be used. It's a vicious circle.

杀虫剂使用得越多，那些昆虫的抵抗力越强，因此就要使用更多的杀虫剂。这是一个恶性循环。

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If conditions within an organism's environment occasionally or regularly become harsh, it may be advantageous for an organism to have a resistant stage built into the life cycle.

如果一个有机体的环境条件偶尔或经常变得严酷，它可能是有利于这个有机体在生命周期中形成一个抗性阶段的内建。

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If insects paid attention to such advertisements, they might be prompted to lay their eggs on a duller, and presumably less resistant host.

如果昆虫注意到这样的广告，这可能会促使它们将卵产在一个更迟钝、据推测更不会抵抗的寄主上。

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So,the military created a new armored vehicle, a sort of cross between a Humvee and a tank, and called it the MRAP, the Mine-Resistant Ambush Protect vehicle.

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And in general, when people devote a lot of energy or money or expense to something, they are extraordinarily resistant to having it proven wrong.

一般来说，当人们投入的精力，金钱或成本越多时，他们就越不会相信自己是错的。

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Well, let's try; let's be a little resistant here to this.

好的，让我们试一下，我们耐心一点。

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Most of them have had but a single gene tweaked, either to make them poisonous to pestilential insects or resistant to a particular herbicide so that it can be used freely.

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