She put diesel fuel, instead of petrol, into the tank causing the motor to seize up.

她把柴油代替汽油灌入油箱，造成发动机失灵。

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When they start to seize up a lot of non-linear effects-processes in which small causes have disproportionate effects-come into play, making it much harder to see what is going to happen next.

当气流开始运转不畅时，很多非线性效应——在这些效应过程中，细微因素能产生不相称的影响- - -发挥作用，进而更难以预测接下来会发生何事。

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Their "value at risk" models first lulled bankers into a false (and perilous) sense of security, but are now causing the financial system to seize up.

他们的“风险价值”模型一开始令银行家产生一种虚假(和危险)的安全感，但如今正引起金融体系失灵。

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Georgia introduced assignee liability, only to back-pedal after the state's subprime market started to seize up.

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Every time another country hits the wall, auto sales there and in countries nearby tend to seize up.

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As a result, a complex web of lawsuits that now covers the global market threatens to seize up the industry.

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