"the survival of the fittest," a slogan that virtually preempted all debate.

“适者生存”，一个几乎无可辩驳的口号。

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With the changes in the world's climate, dinosaurs died, but many smaller animals lived on. It was the survival of the fittest.

随着世界气候的变迁，恐龙绝迹了，但许多较小的动物却继续活了下来。这就是适者生存。

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The concept, drawing from evolution, espouses the philosophy of survival of the fittest.

从进化角度来看，这一概念奉行“适者生存”的哲学。

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The British philosopher Herbert Spencer described this struggle as "survival of the fittest."

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If evolution is survival of the fittest, nature red in tooth and claw, how could animals evolve moral feelings?

如果进化论是讲适者生存，在弱肉强食的自然界，动物怎么能进化出道德情感？

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Darwinian evolution requires genetic diversity plus competition that yields the survival of the fittest.

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In past ages, the law governing the survival of the fittest roughly weeded out the less desirable strains.

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Natural selection the survival of the fittest requires that the unfit are allowed to fail.

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