And the idea of this--What that means is that development of an individual mimics or repeats development of the species.

这个短语的意思是,个体的发展,模拟或重演了种族的发展

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Since that's all been pushed out of the way by development, that means the food has to get shipped in from larger distances.

之后由于发展建设,耕地都不见了,这意味着食物要从相当遥远的地方运过来

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