他把蔬菜半价卖掉了，而不是让他们变质。

He sold the vegetables at half price rather than let them go bad.

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他说道，血腥玛丽内的化学物质属于“高度不稳定型”，而且因为西红柿汁中存在着酸性物质，这种酒很容易变质。

The chemicals in a Bloody Mary are 'highly unstable' - and its quality tends to deteriorate quickly because of the acids in the tomato juice, he said.

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假使他收集很多录像带，15年后它们就开始变质。

So if he collects a lot of tapes, after fifteen years they will all start to rot.

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The reason I tell you this is that I don't want people feeling that, well, the paper is going to start to decompose or something if I don't get to him by 5:00 today.

我给你的解释是,我不想让人感到，试卷开始变质,或是我不能在今天五点前和他见面。

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