He also suspected that running an electric current through the silver might help the process, because electrical fields have the ability to break down the membranes that surround bacterial cells.
他还猜想，如果有电流通过银丝，可能会对细菌解体的过程有利，因为电场能够分解包围细菌细胞的细胞壁。
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To cut down the dangers such as electrical current, he cut off the electric source first.
为了减少危险，比如电流，他先切断了电源。
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The most famous is the electric eel, which a colleague of Markham’s termed “a frog with a cattle prod attached, ” but most animals use the electrical signals in more subtle ways.