Chlorophyll, although exquisitely evolved to capture the energy of sunlight, can sometimes be overwhelmed by it, especially in situations of drought, low temperatures, or nutrient deficiency.
叶绿素虽然已经进化得极为精巧，能捕捉阳光中的能量，但有时也会应接不暇，特别是在干旱、低温或缺乏营养的情况下。
From a psychological point, animals have evolved to be nice to their kin, particularly their children.
从心理学的角度来看，动物已经进化得对它们的同类很好，尤其是它们的孩子。
That may be a hint that yawn evolved as a social cue—"time for us all to go to bed".
也许这是打哈欠进化为社交线索的一种暗示——“到我们大家睡觉的时间了”。
This might be explained by the fact that the novel has evolved precisely because of technological developments that made it possible to print out huge numbers of texts.
这或许可以解释为，小说的流传正是由于技术的发展，从而能够印刷出大量文本。
We evolved to be wary of saber-toothed tigers and blizzards, but not of climate change - and maybe that's also why we in the news media tend to cover weather but not climate.
我们通过进化知道警惕尖牙老虎和暴风雪，但对气候变化却熟视无睹——也许这也是为何我们在新闻媒体中只报道天气而不报道气候的原因吧。
Once dispersed , the oil can then be broken down more easily by bacteria that have evolved to live off natural sources of hydrocarbons.
一旦被（化学）分散，随后浮油就更容易被进化到以碳氢化合物等天然污染源为食的细菌降解。
It would show that life has probably evolved more than once, and that the universe is likely to be teeming with other life forms.
因为那将说明，浩瀚宇宙中的生命进化大概不一而足，宇宙可能充满了其他的生命形式。
Humans (and lab rats) never evolved to be cooped up, still, all day long.
人类(和实验鼠)从来不会进化到整天不动。
We're a French restaurant, we're renowned for our classics so they have to be on the menu, but we have evolved.
我们是一家法国餐厅，我们因我们的经典美食而声誉卓著，所以它们必须出现在菜单上，但我们也不断演变。
Bats are the only mammal capable of flying and are so highly evolved to be capable of pinpointing a single insect flying in the pitch black and plucking it out of the air using echo location.
蝙蝠是唯一会飞的哺乳动物，进化程度很高，能够在一片漆黑中精确定位一只飞虫的位置，并利用回波定位准确地从空中捕捉。
The unique Fractal Tree Suspension of the wheels was designed to be a light, flexible and strong, evolved as structure of a branch.
独特的车轮分型树形悬挂是为了达到轻便，灵活而又坚韧，如果树枝的进化一样。
It may be that our bodies evolved to depend on at least low levels of worm-produced compounds to keep them running within normal bounds.
而人类身体的进化又需要依赖这种由蠕虫产生的至少低水平的化合物才能保证其在正常范围内运作。
For human nature has evolved to be both good and bad-and it is evolution that allows human nature to know the difference.
人性进化既有阳光面又有阴暗面——这正是进化使得人性明白了其中的差别。
We evolved to be nice to each other, in other words, because there was no alternative.
我们进化成为善待彼此的人，换句话说，因为我们没有别的选择。
If so, it should be possible to find clues about how human language evolved from grunts or gestures by observing the communication of our close primate relatives.
如果属实，那就应该有可能找到从观察模仿我们的灵长类近亲用叫声或手势交流而逐渐进化到人类语言过程的痕迹。
From a psychological point then, animals have evolved to be nice to their kin, particularly their children, and particularly in birds and mammals.
从心理学角度看，动物进化趋向于对自己的亲人有益，特别是自己的孩子，以鸟类和哺乳类为代表。
Dreams might have evolved to be particularly good at allowing us to work out puzzles that fall into those two categories, she said.
梦可能在帮助我们解决疑难问题方面的进化特别有利。这些难题可以分为以上的两个类型，她说。
While we like to think we're more complex and evolved, it seems that when it comes to these kinds of basic needs, evolutionary instinct might be kicking in more than we realize.
我们倾向于认为人类比以前更复杂更先进，然而当面对这类基本需要的时候，进化的本能可能比我们意识到的更能左右我们的决定。
As we moved from "as is" to "to be," many of our business actors evolved into true users and interfaces within the system, although significant restructuring was required.
当我们从“目前的”转移到“将来的”时，我们的许多业务角色被演化成了系统中真实的用户和接口，虽然有意义的重构是必要的。
It offers not only plenty of examples to the contrary, but also some hints as to how and why empathy evolved, and how it might be related to self-awareness.
它不仅例举了大量的反证，而且还就移情作用的如何演变及其原因，以及如何与自我意识相关等问题提供了指导。
However, over the years, the allocator has evolved to make trade-offs that the majority of users find to be acceptable.
尽管如此，这些年来，这个分配器已经进化到做了一些大部分用户都可以接受的取舍。
Contagious yawning is thought to be an evolved mechanism for keeping groups alert so they "remain vigilant against danger," Gallup said.
呵欠传染被认为是进化出来用于保持群体的警惕性使群体“在危险面前保持警觉，”盖洛普说。
However, the sun also gives off a whole lot of infrared radiation. What would it be like if our eyes evolved to see infrared light?
然而，太阳的不可见光辐射也不在少数，要是我们眼睛能够进化成可见其他光线会是什么景象？
Another key objective is to develop a method that can be easily maintained and evolved to satisfy future requirements.
另一个关键的目标是开发可以简单地维护及演进，从而满足未来需求的方法。
The senior Gallup also happens to be a leading expert on the science of yawning and other widespread evolved traits.
巧合的是，老盖洛普也是一名主持对呵欠和其他引发广泛关注的特质进行研究的专家。
In addition, technology has evolved with new plug-and-play solutions that had to be custom designed for e-commerce firms in the first wave of online retail.
并且科技的演进已让在在线零售业的第一波浪潮中需要为电子商务公司定制的东西，变成了现在的即插即用解决方案。
There must be some ultra-evolved telepathic connection that allows the greatest fashion designers to communicate in secret.
一定是有一种超前的心灵感应然这些最伟大的时尚设计师可以私下里交流。
Perhaps it's because our visual system evolved to be overly sensitive to even slight departures from the horizontal, to help keep us upright.
可能是由于视觉系统进化，使得我们对些微高于水平面的物体过度敏感，以此帮助我们挺直腰杆。
What still needs to be explained is how the more typical eukaryotic phosphorylation cascades evolved and came to replace the bacterial systems.
我们仍然需要解释的是更特化的真核生物的磷酸化途径是怎么进化而来并取代了细菌的系统。
Current worst case predictions suggest that tropical coral reefs, which have evolved over millions of years, will be functionally extinct within the next 30 to 50 years.
目前最坏的预测表明那些已经经过几百万年进化的热带珊瑚礁将在未来的30- 50年内功能性的灭绝。
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