I contend, quite bluntly, that marking up a book is not an act of mutilation but of love.

坦率地说，我认为，在书上涂抹标记不是一种损毁行为，而是爱。

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More and more people pay close attention to Osteonecrosis of the femoral head, because the incidence and the rate of mutilation increased sharply.

随着股骨头坏死发病率、致残率的增高，这一疾病已引起人们的广泛关注。

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According to Iowa City police records, officers were notified of a theft or mutilation of library property 27 times in 2009.

艾奥瓦市警方记录显示，他们2009年27次接到图书馆失窃或丢失财物的报案。

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He also says traditional practices still common in the Kolda region, like female genital mutilation and forced early marriage, constitute forms of violence.

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I think it's worth thinking about, at least for a moment, of the oddity of this terrible act of self-mutilation.

我认为这值得思考，至少值得思考一会，有关自毁形象的怪异之处。

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Bristol's safeguarding children board has estimated about 2, 000 girls in the city are at risk of mutilation.

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Girls at risk of genital mutilation are not being helped as their teachers lack training in how to deal with this type of child abuse, a charity has warned.

BBC: Girls at risk of mutilation 'lack help from teachers'

Maureen Rolls, of South West Equine Protection, said it was the worst case of horse mutilation she had seen in 30 years.

BBC: Cornwall horse mutilation probe continues