Many of them fail to explode immediately and can lie hidden for years, killing and maiming civilians, including children, even decades after the original conflict is over.

很多集束炸弹并没有立即爆炸，可能潜伏长达数年，甚至在冲突结束数十年后，炸死炸伤平民，其中包括儿童。

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Since most of his clientele were the desperate or the destitute, their maiming or disappearance rarely went noticed.

由于他的大部分客户都病入膏肓或一贫如洗，因此他们的致残或消失几乎无人察觉。

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Together with nuts, beans and grains, fruit provides all the sustenance a body needs without requiring the death, wounding or maiming of any other lifeform.

包括坚果、豆子和谷物，果食提供人类所有营养物质，同时不会使其它的生命死亡、受到伤害或者残疾。

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She says children are at risk of sexual violence, killing and maiming, and forced recruitment into armed groups.

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The legislation puts into effect the conditions agreed to by the United Kingdom when it signed an international convention outlawing the use of the weapons, which have been responsible for killing and maiming thousands of civilians in conflict zones.

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