Winter is coming on and the hills threaten the surrounding villages with destruction, for heavy rain will not only wash the soil but will cause serious floods as well.

冬天即将来临，这些山丘对周围的村庄构成了毁灭性的威胁，因为大雨不仅会冲走土壤，还会导致严重的水灾。

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Moreover, whatever rationale it once had has certainly ended, now that an increasing number of unpredictable powers can threaten us with weapons of mass destruction.

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Bush also reissued his warning that the United States will not allow an "axis of evil" made up of "a small number of outlaw regimes" to threaten the world's security with weapons of mass destruction.

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The violence in Iraq will threaten the country's transition as long as other countries supply them with weapons of mass destruction.

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