In comparison to the life span this relationship is "inverted": the larger the organism the lower its metabolic rate.

与寿命相比，这种关系是“反向的”：生物体越大，其代谢率越低。

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If you examine the metabolic rates of the two sexes you establish that the higher male metabolic rate roughly accounts for the lower male life span.

如果你研究两性的代谢率，你就会发现，男性较高的代谢率大致解释了为何他们寿命较短。

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It can also hear sound frequencies across a span of 17 octaves, spanning pitches far higher than the whine of a mosquito and far lower than a rumbling foghorn.

该设备还能收听跨越17个八度音阶的声频，其音调范围远高于蚊子的蜂鸣，而远低于低沉的雾角。

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Pitching in an era of explosive offense, his 3.17 earned run average over that span was nearly a run a game lower than that of an average starting pitcher.

FORBES: Overlooked for Cooperstown