That seems unlikely to have much effect.

那似乎不可能有多大效果。

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However, they did not seem to have much effect.

不过，他们似乎没有起太大的作用。

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Punishment does not seem to have much effect on him.

惩罚似乎对他没有对多大效果。

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Another side effect if you take too much lithium is death, so that's no good to have in sodas either, and it might not have been as big a deal back in the 1920's, but you can imagine with supersizing today, this might be a bigger problem.

另一个副作用是因为摄入锂过量而死，这更说明在汽水里放这种东西是不好的，这在二十世纪二十年代可能没什么大问题，但你可以想象在如今这个什么都超标的时代，这也许会出更大的问题。

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Their disclaimers are unlikely to have much effect, though, and the law will probably be tightened.

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But even exit screening, he says, is unlikely to have much effect because of the virus' long incubation period.

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It's very difficult to bring up enough cold water in two to three days to have much effect.

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