He is a state of matter, a form of life, a sort of animal, and a species of the Order Primates, akin nearly or remotely to all of life and indeed to all that is material.

  • -- George G. Simpson 乔治·辛普森

他是物质的一种状态,是生命的一种形式,是一种动物,是灵长类动物的一种,与所有的生命,甚至是所有的物质,几乎或遥远地相似。

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Many years ago it was taught that plants and animals were composed of different materials: plants, of a chemical substance of three elements,- carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen; animals of one of four elements, nitrogen being added to the other three.

许多年前,人们就知道植物和动物是由不同的物质组成的:植物是由三种元素组成的化学物质——碳、氢和氧;四种元素之一的动物,氮被添加到其他三种元素中。

I have yet to see one completely unspoiled star, except for the animals - like Lassie.

除了像莱西这样的动物,我还没有见过一颗完全没有被破坏的恒星。