蚂蚁围着那堆腐烂的食物跑来跑去。

Ants scurried around the pile of rotting food.

《牛津词典》

不要吃腐烂的食物。

Don't eat rotten food.

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不能简单的把危机归咎于糟糕的公关，腐烂的食物和陈旧的店面也促使顾客们离开。

You couldn't just blame bad p.r. for the company's woes. Stale food and tired stores also kept people away.

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He points out that in the 1798 edition of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, biscuit worms had gotten into the hard-tack, so naturally, he says, "The particular kind of albatross that the mariner shot, I am told, makes a very tolerable broth."

他说在1798年版的《老水手之歌》,给信天翁的食物已然腐烂，所以他自然的认为，“水手们,杀死的信天翁，做成的汤味道不错“

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