色彩鲜艳的窗帘可以让单调的房间变得亮丽起来。
我为自己生在西方感到幸运，而东边是一个不寒而栗的禁地，色彩灰暗单调，边界上的士兵神情严肃，令人生厌。
I considered myself fortunate to be on the Western side, for there was something chilling and forbidding about the East. It all looked so grey and drab.
他们发表在《应用生态学期刊》上的结论之一便是：色彩斑斓的物种过得不如单调灰暗的物种。
One of their conclusions, just published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, is that colourful species have done less well than dull ones.
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