Then I tamp down the soil with the back of a rake.

然后我用耙背将土壤拍实。

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Otto von Bismarck, a Prussian chancellor, used his to tamp down the tobacco in his pipe.

奥托•冯•俾斯麦，普鲁士的一位首相，用它来夯实烟管里的烟草。

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But with the turn of the millennium, many diseases, such as Alzheimer's and schizophrenia, remained mysterious, and treatments continued to tamp down symptoms rather than address causes.

但是到世纪之交，许多疾病，例如老年痴呆和精神分裂，都依旧保持着神秘的面纱，同时，针对症状而非病因的治疗仍在继续。

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