They indulged themselves in the online game of raising a virtual character so as to escape from reality, which led to the death of their real baby.

他们两夫妇沉迷于这款照料虚拟角色的网络游戏也许是藉以逃避现实，却直接导致了他们亲生孩子的不幸。

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In the film, Neo risks death to escape the virtual reality and discovers a brutal reality from which he cannot return.

在影片中，Neo冒着死亡的危险逃离了虚拟现实，发现了无情的真相，再也无法回头。

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Likewise, the improved latency of 4g networks seems tailor-made for online gaming, where faster network response times can mean the difference between (virtual) life and death.

同时，4g网络对潜伏期的改善似乎也是专门为在线游戏定制的，因为对于在线游戏玩家来说更快的网络响应速度意味着生死(虚拟的)差异。

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Considering that Apple derives over 70% of its profits from iPhones, such a scenario will be a virtual death knell.

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Mr Parra was among those responsible for a controversial new hydrocarbons law, seen by private-sector sources (and Mr Lameda) as a virtual death-blow to prospects for foreign investment in the industry.

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They were collected primarily through police reports in 2007, death certificates and the number of fatalities registered by the Not-in-Traffic Surveillance system, a virtual data collector of details regarding nontraffic crashes nationwide.

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