On entering the lobby, I was immediately struck by the hotel's foremost defining characteristics: glass, light and, of course, the view.

一进入酒店大堂，我立即被酒店最重要的特色所打动：那就是玻璃，光线和景观。

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Still, the reprogrammed cells showed the defining characteristics of induced pluripotent stem cells; they could both differentiate into various cell types and generate more of themselves.

而且，重组细胞表现出诱导多能干细胞的特征；这些细胞可以自我复制也可以分化为多种类型的细胞。

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Moreover, each red ant has the characteristics that pertain to each of its ancestor categories. For example, red ants have six legs, which is one of the defining characteristics of the class Insecta.

而且每只红蚂蚁同样有符合祖先类别的特征，例如红蚂蚁都有六条腿，这就是昆虫纲的特征之一。

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One of the defining characteristics of a metaphor is that it breaks down almost immediately.

因为比喻的一个内在特点,就是转瞬即逝。

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