A person is just a body. Of course, it's a very fancy material object.

人当然是肉体,一个非常不错的物质实体

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A person is just a certain kind of material object.

人只不过是一种物质实体

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Something that's not a material object.

一个不是由物质实体构成的东西

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It's a very amazing material object.

一个十分神奇的物质实体

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No material object could be alive.

物质实体都不具有生命力

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