In 1890 he proposed that evolution was irreversible: that 'an organism is unable to return, even partially, to a previous stage already realised in the ranks of its ancestors'.
1890年,他提出进化是不可逆转的:“一个有机体无法回到其祖先先前到达的阶段,即使是部分逆转,也不可能。”
Self-awareness, even in its earliest stages, might entail an awareness of others, the ability to see their perspective, to look at the world from another's point of view.
自我意识,即使在它的最初阶段,也可能需要他人意识,即从他人的角度看世界的能力。
Some scientists speculate that Mars may have enjoyed an extended early period during which rivers, lakes, and perhaps even oceans adorned its surface.
一些科学家推测,火星在早期很长时间里可能都有以河流、湖泊,甚至海洋装点着它的表面。
He believes that even an alien language will have its own structure.
他认为,即使是一种外来语言也会有自己的结构。
All of its attributes, even the most fundamental ones like extension and duration, are attributes as noted by an observer, real or imagined.
它的所有属性,甚至是最基础的比如扩展和期限,都是由一个观察员指出的,或真实或想象。
If a newspaper breached such an order, it would face heavy fines; its editors could even face jail for contempt of court.
如果一家报纸违反这项禁令,将面临高额罚款;甚至其编辑会因藐视法庭罪承担牢狱之灾。
Even so its presence remains conditional, and as it had a beginning, so it will have an end.
即便如此,它的存在也依赖于一定的条件,正如它有始亦有终。
For though Japan's toughness drew praise from America, Britain and France, among others, an element of hyperbole in its reaction unsettled even some supporters.
因为尽管日本的坚定立场得到美国,英国和法国,包括其他国家的支持,但他反应的夸张程度使国际社会甚至一些其支持者感到不安和忧虑。
You could even take a cell from an endangered animal and, without threatening its extinction, make meat from it.
在丝毫不威胁到物种的种群的情况下,你甚至还可以从快要绝种的动物身上取下细胞,用这些细胞来长成肉。
Asimo, the most sophisticated Japanese humanoid, is famous for its balance and adaptability. It can even run, in an awkward, distinctively robotic way.
日本最先进的仿人机器人Asimo在平衡和适应性方面独领风骚,它甚至能够奔跑,虽然有些跌跌撞撞。
Result: a Dutch or Danish or even Arab family has an audio-visual learning aid in its living-room, and usually the language spoken on-screen is English.
结果:荷兰或丹麦或甚至阿拉伯家庭会在它们起居室摆放一个语音视频学习辅助器,银幕上说的语言通常都是英语。
Let's not make an exception for this one even if we've grown somewhat attached to its one-space indents and haphazard (er, "creative") layout.
这个脚本也不应该有例外,即使我们已经有点喜欢上它以一个空格为缩进的散漫(或者说“有创意”)布局。
This also gives an edge to its competitors as they are showing them of what's inside even before registering.
这同时给它增加了一个竞争优势,因为它允许用户在注册之前看到程序的内部。
In most cases, the issue comes down to the fact that an organization allocated its budget long before the solution requirements were even collected, let alone well understood.
在大多数情况下,问题归结为组织远在解决方案需求收集之前就分配其预算了,更不用提很好地了解了。
The quality of state provision is an even bigger problem than its quantity.
相比于国家部门数量,它本身的品质更成问题。
Until recently, United even had an attendant in her mid-80s working on its flights.
直到最近,美联航甚至还有一位80多岁的乘务员在飞机上工作。
Its muscles are such that it is quits incapableof moving at a speed of over a kilometer an hour even over the shortest distances and the swiftest movement it can make is a sweep of its hooked arm.
她的肌肉不能让他哪怕在很短的距离以内以每小时一公里的速度移动。它能做的最敏捷的动作就是挥一挥它弯曲的胳膊。
Even Hollywood seems to be on Rio's side: an eponymous animation, with its lush depictions of rainforest and carnival, is one of the year's highest-grossing films.
甚至好莱坞都钟情里约:一部有名的动画片,描述了里约魅力的热带雨林,奢华的嘉年华会,是年度最票房最高的电影之一。
They have developed a device that can act as an ecg-or its cranial equivalent, an electroencephalograph-without even touching the skin.
他们已经开发一种仪器,像ECG——或头戴式的同种仪器,脑电图仪一样工作——但完全不需要触到皮肤。
And, because they are often even less able to control or have an impact on how the organization deals with change, they may feel more vulnerable to its effects - perhaps even powerless.
那是因为他们没有什么能力能够控制或影响组织如何应对变化,他们在面对变化的影响时,会觉得自己的脆弱乃至无能。
It was a huge moment for Hanks' career and an even bigger moment for movies, due to its controversial and powerful subject matter.
它对于汉克斯的职业生涯来说十分关键,对于电影行业来说更为关键,因其主题备受争议,影响深远。
Perhaps even Wells Fargo, still an almost entirely domestic operation, will start to broaden its horizons.
甚至富国银行,这家几乎完完全全的国内银行,也可能开始拓宽视野了。
On Sundays his "pop" newspaper, the news of the World, and its up-market stablemate, the Sunday Times, embrace an even bigger share of the market.
于每个星期天,他旗下的流行报纸,世界新闻报以及高档的星期日泰晤士报占据着更大的市场份额。
“Washington” has an enormous span, even if some of its content is familiar from other overlapping biographies.
虽然这本传记的有些内容和其它传记比较起来有重复之处,但是它的时间跨度非常长。
An element is an element node; an attribute (and its value) is an attribute node; even text within an element is a text node.
元素有元素节点,属性(包括属性值)有属性节点,元素中的文本则是文本节点。
Its economy grew by an average of 5% during the 1990s, even as the war raged.
尽管战乱连年,其经济在1990年代以每年5%的速度增长。
Its economy grew by an average of 5% during the 1990s, even as the war raged.
尽管战乱连年,其经济在1990年代以每年5%的速度增长。
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