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单词 nonliving
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Definition of nonliving in US English:

nonliving

adjectiveˌnänˈliviNGˌnänˈliviNG
  • 1Inanimate; inorganic.

    materials that come from nonliving sources
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Life depends upon the nonliving world for habitat, as well as energy and materials.
    • A few types of bacteria also manufacture food from nonliving substances and therefore serve as producers in some cave communities.
    • Design and construction professionals call the nonliving components of any landscape the hardscape.
    • Reproduction - the process by which organisms make more organisms like themselves - is one of the things that sets living things apart from nonliving things.
    • Molecular machines will bridge the gap between living matter and nonliving matter, making the border between life and death much fuzzier.
    • In nonhuman terms, others might include other living species and the major nonliving components of the Earth.
    • Inorganic mulches are materials that come from nonliving sources.
    • Another theory was that fossils were nonliving imitations of living things, directly created by God.
    • These explanations proceed by asserting that the most complex nonliving molecules will reproduce more efficiently than less complex nonliving molecules.
    • Chemical toxins differ from biological weapons in that they are nonliving pathogens and require direct infection and contact with the victim.
    • The experiments in this study showed that the directions of the change of the reflected light intensity caused by biological systems and heated nonliving objects are always opposite.
    • The Gaia hypothesis was later refined to emphasize that the environment is regulated through feedback between living and nonliving systems.
    • Reason is what distinguishes us from plants, nonhuman animals, and nonliving things, and so our purpose must involve its fruitful cultivation.
    • Sponges subsist on macroscopic detritus material, but also consume cellular material, bacteria, and nonliving particles so small they cannot be resolved with a light microscope.
    • A variety of living and nonliving skin substitutes are already available.
    • Having discovered that the usual agents of fermentation, such as yeasts and bacteria, were alive, he denied the possibility of fermentation by nonliving substances.
    • Life on earth is a web of relationships in which plants, animals, bacteria, fungi, and even nonliving entities mutually support each other.
    • The Primordial Essence that is our individual lives extends throughout the limitless universe and permeates all things, living and nonliving.
    • All the living and nonliving elements present in nature follow some pattern.
    • Direct and indirect effects of UV radiation on nonliving and living systems have been the object of a number of important research efforts.
  • 2No longer alive.

    a kidney from a nonliving donor
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Only about 15 percent of kidney transplants are done with living donors, the other recipients must wait about five years before receiving a kidney from a nonliving donor.
 
 

Definition of nonliving in US English:

nonliving

adjectiveˌnänˈliviNG
  • 1Inanimate; inorganic.

    materials that come from nonliving sources
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A variety of living and nonliving skin substitutes are already available.
    • The Gaia hypothesis was later refined to emphasize that the environment is regulated through feedback between living and nonliving systems.
    • Design and construction professionals call the nonliving components of any landscape the hardscape.
    • Another theory was that fossils were nonliving imitations of living things, directly created by God.
    • Having discovered that the usual agents of fermentation, such as yeasts and bacteria, were alive, he denied the possibility of fermentation by nonliving substances.
    • The experiments in this study showed that the directions of the change of the reflected light intensity caused by biological systems and heated nonliving objects are always opposite.
    • Sponges subsist on macroscopic detritus material, but also consume cellular material, bacteria, and nonliving particles so small they cannot be resolved with a light microscope.
    • These explanations proceed by asserting that the most complex nonliving molecules will reproduce more efficiently than less complex nonliving molecules.
    • The Primordial Essence that is our individual lives extends throughout the limitless universe and permeates all things, living and nonliving.
    • Reason is what distinguishes us from plants, nonhuman animals, and nonliving things, and so our purpose must involve its fruitful cultivation.
    • Life depends upon the nonliving world for habitat, as well as energy and materials.
    • In nonhuman terms, others might include other living species and the major nonliving components of the Earth.
    • A few types of bacteria also manufacture food from nonliving substances and therefore serve as producers in some cave communities.
    • Inorganic mulches are materials that come from nonliving sources.
    • Life on earth is a web of relationships in which plants, animals, bacteria, fungi, and even nonliving entities mutually support each other.
    • Direct and indirect effects of UV radiation on nonliving and living systems have been the object of a number of important research efforts.
    • Molecular machines will bridge the gap between living matter and nonliving matter, making the border between life and death much fuzzier.
    • Reproduction - the process by which organisms make more organisms like themselves - is one of the things that sets living things apart from nonliving things.
    • Chemical toxins differ from biological weapons in that they are nonliving pathogens and require direct infection and contact with the victim.
    • All the living and nonliving elements present in nature follow some pattern.
  • 2No longer alive.

    a kidney from a nonliving donor
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Only about 15 percent of kidney transplants are done with living donors, the other recipients must wait about five years before receiving a kidney from a nonliving donor.
 
 
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