Riot police fired in the air and lashed out with clubs to disperse hundreds of demonstrators.
防暴警察向空中开了枪,并猛击警棍来驱散数百名示威者。
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Another example is the interaction of megafauna with local flora, in particular, plants that rely on animals to disperse their seeds.
另一个例子就是巨型动物和本地植物群的相互联系,尤其是那些仅依赖动物传播种子的植物。
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BP is spending millions of dollars a day to contain the oil with booms, using chemicals to disperse and break it up, and burning some oil on the ocean surface.