Further studies confirmed that that knowledge and reason have a "braided" relationship, meaning they feed off each other.

进一步研究证实，知性和理性有一种“辫状交叉”关系，就是说他们相互依存。

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Let's suppose that a group of these fish had the genetic flexibility to discover and feed off another resource that was unused by the other fish.

我们假设这些鱼中的其中一组具有遗传的灵活性，可以发现并取食另一种未被其他鱼利用的资源。

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Coral reefs are formed by deposits of calcium carbonate left by successive generations of tiny polyps which feed off plankton.

珊瑚礁是由历代以浮游生物为食的小水螅所遗留下来的碳酸钙沉积物而形成的。

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Britain's art schools are booming, and so are the design industries that feed off them.

ECONOMIST: Art schools

Florida healthcare businesses, perhaps more than any other state, feed off of the Medicaid program.

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That company where large numbers of stunningly brilliant people congregate and feed off each other's genius.

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