of a living thing的意思|示意

The oldest living thing is also a tree — a scrubby bristle-cone pine, 4,900 years old, growing on the cold, bare side of a Nevada mountain.

最古老的生物也是树：一株低矮的狐尾松树，4,900岁，生长在美国内华达州的寒冷荒凉的山坡上。

Getting enough to eat and enjoying the safety and comfort of living fully on the grid is certainly a good thing—but it does carry an environmental price.

人们获得足够的食物，充分享受生活在城市中的安全和舒适当然是一件好事——但这确实会带来环境代价。

Remember, hope is a good thing; maybe the best of things and no good thing ever dies! Get busy living, or get busy dying.

记着，希望是件好东西，没准儿是件最好的东西，而且从没有一样好东西会消逝！忙活，或者等死。

Truth is a living thing, not within the field of time.

真理是个活生生的东西，不在时间的范畴内。

A friend who moved to Silicon Valley in the late 90s said the worst thing about living there was the low quality of the eavesdropping.

我的一个朋友90年代搬到硅谷住，她说在那里最糟糕的就是“偷听”不到好东西。

It helps to think of your marriage as a living thing in itself.

这有助于你在看待把自己的婚姻时当作活物来看待。