1. The Nenets report other curious changes - fewer mosquitoes and a puzzling increase in gadflies. 涅涅茨人还报告了其它的奇怪的变化——蚊子减少了，但牛虻却令人费解地增多了。
2. Drones, gadflies, wasps and butterflies flutter about aimlessly, brushing their wings against the walls of the hive. 雄蜂、胡蜂、丸花蜂和蝴蝶徒劳地撞击着巢壁。
3. Associated cleverly located the local gadflies and community chatterboxes—the “gobby” folk—and got them to contribute. 它们很有预见地将地方牛虻和社区里的话匣子集中起来并且通过他们来建设网站。
4. Even if such a platform can be designed, the big exchanges are finding it harder to stay ahead of the gadflies, thanks to the falling cost of technology. 即便这样一个平台能设计出来，由于技术成本的降低，大交易所更难在竞争中保持领先。
5. Most people dislike being told that they lack knowledge; disturbing gadflies like Socrates are rarely respected for their critical remarks and demanding ideas. 大多数人不喜欢被告知自己缺乏知识；苏格拉底那样的人如同牛虻般让人骚扰不安，他们的尖刻批评和强烈理念不会赢得人们尊重。
