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《物種起源》
查爾斯・達爾文 · 1859 年初版
ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES
物種起源
CHAPTER III.
第三章
I should premise that I use the term Struggle for Existence in a large and metaphorical sense, including dependence of one being on another, and including (which is more important) not only the life of the individual, but success in leaving progeny.
首先,我必須說明,我使用「生存競爭」一詞時,取的是廣義且帶有比喻的涵義,其中包括一種生物對另一種生物的依賴;而且不只涉及個體能否存活,也包含更重要的事:能否成功留下後代。
Two canine animals in a time of dearth, may be truly said to struggle with each other which shall get food and live. But a plant on the edge of a desert is said to struggle for life against the drought, though more properly it should be said to be dependent on the moisture.
在食物匱乏時,兩隻犬科動物彼此爭奪食物,以求存活,確實可以說是在進行生存競爭。但說沙漠邊緣的一株植物為了生存而與乾旱抗爭,更確切的說法其實是:它依賴水分才能存活。
Charles Darwin · 1859 · Chapter III excerpt
查爾斯・達爾文 · 1859 年 · 第三章节選
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