But radiation as a general term, actually refers to anything as spread away from it source.

但是辐射在广义上认为指的是任何能够从源头放射的物质。

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If no people clean streets and take the rubbish away, terrible diseases will soon appear and spread easily.

如果没有人打扫街道，把垃圾带走，可怕的疾病很快就会出现并且很容易传播。

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By this time, word of Brown's attack had spread to Charles Town, more than twelve kilometers away.

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If pancreatic cancer is not treated, cancer cells can spread into nearby organs or lymph nodes, or, eventually, break away and spread to other parts of the body.

BBC: Obesity 'hikes' pancreatic risk

Certainly something must explain the success of Homo sapiens, and the speed with which the species spread and swept other hominids away.

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You can take delivery of one of these right away through 20 dealers as spread out as California, Florida and Minnesota.

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