Huxley speculated that a coat of hair would insulate against loss of body heat and might streamline the body to reduce drag in flight.

赫胥黎推测，一层毛发可以隔离身体热量的流失，并可能使身体呈现流线型，以减少飞行中的阻力。

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Conversely, he said, mammals that live in arctic regions develop a layer of fat to insulate against the cold.

他还说：相反，居住在北极地区的哺乳动物长出了一层脂肪，起到了御寒的作用。

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Labor is a larger portion of their costs, and it's more affordable for them to maintain high inventories to insulate against disruptions.

劳动力在这些公司成本中所占的比重更大，对它们来说，通过保持高库存来抵消生产中断带来的损害也更为划算。

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Again, carefully choosing a bank account can help insulate you against these charges.

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The city's unemployment rate (6.4%) is lower than the national average, and the plethora of public sector jobs insulate it against the weak private economy.

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But its 16 authors, led by Michael Ladisch, a biological engineer at Purdue University, reckon that high-tech chow will, within the next 25 years, protect troops from attack by biological weapons, insulate them against cold weather and even make them visible to their commanders by satellite.

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