Police and bodyguards had to form a human shield around him as the almost hysterical crowds struggled to approach him.

当近乎歇斯底里的人群奋力接近他时，警察和保镖们不得不在他周围形成一堵人墙。

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Her job was to serve as a gatekeeper, a human shield for the technicians.

她的工作是当一个看门人——技术员的人盾。

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Another factor contributing to the tendency to deny the assumption of a fixed human nature was that the concept has so often been abused as a shield behind which the most inhuman acts are committed.

另一个促使人们倾向于否定本性难移假设的因素是，这一概念经常被滥用，被当作大多数不人道行为的挡箭牌。

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The group formed a human shield this lunchtime to prevent cars passing from stage 10 to stage 11, delaying the event by around 25 minutes.

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But the rapid shift in the balance of forces in Europe defeated her and she could no longer use Sarkozy as a human shield.

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