Which brings me back to the destructive effect of focusing on invisible monsters.

这个问题又将我们带到看不见怪物引起的破坏性作用上。

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But this requires constant censorship. And it has a destructive effect on society.

但这要求始终如一的检\查制度，对社会有着破坏性的影响。

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His march to the sea had a great, destructive effect on the spirit of the South.

他向海洋进军给南方人的士气予以巨大的毁灭性的打击。

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His march to the sea had a great, destructive effect on the spirit of the South.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

We think the effect is a very destructive effect they will have in the Western Sahara.

BBC: News Online

For a little while it had a destructive effect on me and some of the people around me.

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Part of the explanation is the destructive effect on creditworthiness of rapidly changing technology, which makes bondholders wonder whether some companies will be around to pay them back their money.

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