把功劳都归给梅里安是不公平的。
这些错误再也不能使梅里安女士的工作作废。
在同一幅插图中,梅里安首次描绘了切叶蚁。
In the same plate, Merian depicted and described leaf-cutter ants for the first time.
梅里安的绘画激发了艺术家和生态学家的灵感。
梅里安开始在家里饲养昆虫,主要饲养蝴蝶和毛毛虫。
Merian started raising insects at home, mostly butterflies and caterpillars.
后来有人批评这个细节,说只有一条舌头,但梅里安并没有错。
Some criticized this detail later, saying there was just one tongue, but Merian wasn't wrong.
梅里安注意到了蚂蚁是如何把地下的树叶带到它们的后代那里的。
Merian noted how the ants took the leaves below ground to their young.
梅里安对巨型食鸟蜘蛛、蚂蚁用身体搭建桥梁以及其他细节的看法是正确的。
Merian was correct about the giant bird-eating spiders, ants building bridges with their bodies and other details.
梅里安还记下了她从苏里南当地人那里得到的帮助,以及协助她的奴隶或仆人。
Merian also made note of the help she received from the natives of Suriname, as well as slaves or servants that assisted her.
在梅里安去世三百年后,今年6月将在阿姆斯特丹举行的国际研讨会上赞颂她。
Three hundred years after her death, Merian will be celebrated at an international symposium in Amsterdam this June.
这些错误和查尔斯·达尔文或艾萨克·牛顿发表的著名错误观点一样,并不能推翻梅里安女士的工作。
在那时,自然史是很有价值的探索工具,梅里安发现了有关植物和昆虫的真相,这些真相从未为人所知。
At a time when natural history was a valuable tool for discovery, Merian discovered facts about plants and insects that were not previously known.
在写《苏里南昆虫变态图谱》之前,梅里安花了几十年的时间记录欧洲的植物和昆虫,并出版了一系列书籍。
Before writing Metamorphosis, Merian spent decades documenting European plants and insects that she published in a series of books.
查尔斯·达尔文的朋友亨利·沃尔特·贝茨观察到了这个现象,并在1863年将此记入书中,证明了梅里安是正确的。
Henry Walter Bates, a friend of Charles Darwin, observed it and put it in book in 1863, proving Merian was correct.
梅里安-韦伯斯特官网上的访问者受邀给20个词汇和短语投票,选出其中的一个。
Visitors to Merriam-Webster's Web site were invited to vote for one of 20 words and phrases culled from the most frequently looked-up words on the site and submitted by readers.
梅里把老太太叫做“比安卡小姐”,她这个称呼不含什么恶意,出自玛杰利·夏普写的儿童读物,是书中戴眼镜的老鼠女管家的名字。
Merrie Paulsen referred to her, not unkindly, as “Miss Bianca, ” after the bespectacled mouse matron in the children’s books by Margery Sharp.
安。梅里“那个女孩”。
托马斯扮演的安。梅里是60年代不折不扣的潮流引导者,她的漂亮衣服,她的睫毛,在纽约刮起了一场时尚风暴。
Thomas' Ann Marie was a true '60 trendsetter, taking New York by storm with a stylish 'do, a closet full of mod a la mode and don't forget those eyelashes!
他家原来也在梅科姆县。他妈妈在梅里·迪安给一个摄影师干活,曾经拿迪尔的照片参加过一次儿童比美竞赛,得了五美元的奖金。
His family was from Maycomb County originally, his mother worked for a photographer in Meridian, had entered his picture in a Beautiful Child contest and won five dollars.
格雷·梅纳德一次又一次地将对手带向地面战有效地击打了肯尼·弗洛里安。
Gray Maynard boxed effectively and grounded Kenny Florian repeatedly, as he won a unanimous decision, remained unbeaten and cemented his place as the top contender in the lightweight division.
格雷·梅纳德一次又一次地将对手带向地面战有效地击打了肯尼·弗洛里安。
Gray Maynard boxed effectively and grounded Kenny Florian repeatedly, as he won a unanimous decision, remained unbeaten and cemented his place as the top contender in the lightweight division.
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