The amount of "vital heat" produced by a specific body was viewed as a direct index of its place in the "great chain of being", a hierarchical order of rank according to degrees of perfection.
一个身体产生“生命之热”的数量直接决定了它在“存在之链”中的位置——一个依据个体的完善程度来安排的等级序列。
We link ourselves to all living beings on the planet through theprocess of eating and being a participant in the food chain.
我们进食,成为食物链的一环,所以与地球上的万物生灵息息相通。
The electrons released by this reaction are taken up by carrier molecules and then passed along a chain of such molecules before being used to power the chemical reactions that ultimately make sugar.
在为化学反应供能并最终生成糖之前,电子通过由分子作载体的反应释放然后在分子链上传递。
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