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基本解释

A tiger is a beast of prey.
老虎是食肉的野兽。
In an understated way, this large, gloopy, single-celled organism is a beast of surprising intelligence.
以理解的角度来说，这种巨大的，粘糊糊的，单细胞生命体是拥有惊人智力的野兽。
Living for the family, this is a beast of selfishness; for only one person alive, this is despicable; only for myself, this is a disgrace.
只为家庭活着，这是禽兽的私心；只为一个人活着，这是卑鄙；只为自己活着，这是耻辱。

And you remember Yeats in "The Second Coming," - there's a beast that's kind of-- He doesn't know what it is, and here he's saying something similar.
你们记得在二次圣临里“,有提到一只野兽-,他不知道那到底是什么，在此他表达相似的想法。
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