Usually it is synthesised either from methanol and formic acid, or methanol and carbon monoxide.

通常它由甲甲酸，或甲氧化碳合成。

Some of these beetles can attack their prey by spraying formic acid from their abdomens.

这些甲虫中有些能够用腹部向猎物喷射蚁酸。

Methanol is also processed by this enzyme, but the losses of hydrogens create formaldehyde and then formic acid instead.

甲也会被这种酶加，但是氢损失产生甲醛，然后甲酸代替。

The forage ants, for example, contain formic acid, so when you pop them, they taste like little limes or lemons because of the acidity.

比如，采集来蚂蚁富含甲酸，所以当你食用时，甲酸存在会让蚂蚁有种酸橙或柠檬味道。

The new generation of leaders, bred in the post-Formic era, often questioned the ethical ramifications of using children as strategic tools.

后For​​mic时代培育出来新代领导人经常质疑利用儿童作为战略道德后果。

Substances like these aren’t intoxicating, they’re just poisonous, usually because your body metabolizes them into some horrible, dangerous compound like formic acid or oxalic acid.

像这样物质不会让人醉， 它们只是有毒，通常是因为你身体将它们代谢成些可怕、危险化合物， 如甲酸或草酸。

That's why the buildup of formic acid in someone's body can cause a range of horrifying effects, from holes in the stomach and intestines, to vomiting blood and kidney failure.

这就是为什么甲酸在个人体内积累会导致系列可怕影响，从胃肠子上洞，到吐血肾衰竭。

That's because your optic nerves — the nerves that transfer visual information from your eyes to your brain — need a lot of energy to function, so they're among the first to feel formic acid's toxic effects.

这是因为你视神经——将视觉信息从眼睛传递到大脑神经——需要大量能量才能正常作，所以它们是第批感受到甲酸毒性作用神经之。