mortal being

基本解釋

Is the purpose of lifetime contribution an ego-driven desire for a mortal being to have an immortal name or is it something more?
我們僅僅是爲了滿足自我的需求-讓自己有個不朽的名字，還是有別的什麼？
Is the purpose of lifetime contribution an ego-driven desire for a mortal being to have an immortal name or is it something more?
貢獻一生的目的難道終將一死之人想要獲得不朽名聲的自我鞭策的欲望？抑或是其他更偉大的事物？
God gave her the child, and gave her, too, an instinctive knowledge of its nature and requirements- both seemingly so peculiar- which no other mortal being can possess.
上帝賜給了她這個孩子，也就賦予了她了解孩子天性和需求的本能——而這孩子的天性和需求看來又是如此與衆(zhòng)不同——她作母親的這種本能別人是不可能具備的。

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