Carbon dust and oil build up in large motors and cause them to short-circuit.

碳尘和燃油在大发动机里越积越多，造成了发动机短路。

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The fire was started by an electrical short-circuit.

火灾是由电线短路引发的。

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Evacuated employees said authorities told them they had ruled out terrorism, and that an electrical short-circuit had likely sparked the fire.

被疏散的员工说，当局告诉他们，他们已经排除了恐怖主义的可能性，可能是电路短路引发了火灾。

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It must struggle against events which would help to achieve its goal too rapidly--by a kind of short-circuit.

它会在危险中挣扎,因为危险会太早把它带到终点。

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Everyone -- a lot of people, and certainly we made clear back in December that a political effort to short-circuit that process for ideological reasons would be counterproductive because a proper review that weighed all the important issues in this case could not be achieved in 60 days -- according to the State Department, which, again, runs this review process.

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But investigators still don't know what caused cell six to short-circuit in the first place.

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This could have a major impact on how disputes are handled and could help short-circuit some battles.

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