Biden explained the advantages of the new system: "Our new phased adaptive approach to missile defense is designed to meet a growing threat, not only to the United States, but first and foremost to Europe,"

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And it's actually critically important to get used to things because it's a useful adaptive mechanism to keep track on new events and objects.

而习惯化实际上也是至关重要的,因为这是一种非常有用的适应机制,可以让你注意到新鲜事物。

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Rather, it's because this is a perfectly this is the adaptive strategy of the toxoplasmosis virus.

相反，这是一个完美的,这是弓浆虫的适应策略。

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So this--the seeking out fat, sugar, and variety is a highly evolved, adaptive evolutionary trait.

脂肪,糖以及饮食的多样性的与,适应进化的特性是分不开的

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The females do their spontaneous abortions because that's a reliable adaptive trick.

自然流产时雌狮用的适应技巧。

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Now these parts of the world are shrinking in the number; but let's say you lived in Ethiopia or Somalia, or places where food really is scarce way too much of the time, then having this particular biological drive, having a brain that wants you to seek out these foods would be highly adaptive.

现在这些地区的数量正在减少,但如果你生活在埃塞俄比亚或是索马里,或是当前食品十分短缺的地区,那么拥有这种生物驱动力,拥有不断驱使你去寻找食物的大脑,会让你有极强的适应能力

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