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Over half of these deaths are sudden and caused by serious heart rhythm disturbances such as ventricular fibrillation, a short circuit in the heart which can cause it to stop.
因严重的心律不齐（比如心室纤维性颤动——能导致心跳停止的心脏短路）而突然造成死亡的人数占半数以上。
This includes a stout casing and what is known as a permeable polymer separator, which stops the electrodes in the cell touching each other and causing a short circuit.
这包括厚重的电池壳，还有所谓的渗透性聚合隔板，用来防止电池组内部的电极相互接触，引起短路。
When a silver filament reaches the gold, it forms a short circuit, causing a dramatic change in conductance, which is easily detectable.
当一根银丝极到达金线时，它将形成一种短路，从而导致电导发生一种惊人的变化。科学家可以容易地对此进行检测。
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There is a kind of short circuit between the Joycean idea of taking ordinary life and transforming it into an aesthetic order, because the ordinary is already aesthetic in the book.
乔伊斯的关于讲述普通生活和把它转换到,美学范畴的主意有点短路，因为那些普通的已经是给人美感的了。
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It must struggle against events which would help to achieve its goal too rapidly--by a kind of short-circuit.
它会在危险中挣扎,因为危险会太早把它带到终点。
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Dell and Dell Financial Services seem to have a short circuit in their customer service operations.
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a bad electrical connection that causes the current to flow in the wrong direction, often having the effect of stopping the power supply

a faulty or accidental connection between two points of different potential in an electric circuit, bypassing the load and establishing a path of low resistance through which an excessive current can flow. It can cause damage to the components if the circuit is not protected by a fuse
to develop or cause to develop a short circuit