A) It reminds them of an ancient set of biological defence mechanisms.

A) 这让他们想套古老的生物防御机制。

If a cell's defence mechanisms detect double-stranded RNA they destroy it, to protect against infection.

如果发现双链RNA就会迅速将其销毁，以保护机体免受病毒感染。

Some organisms use bioluminescence as a defence mechanism. Lighting up an attacker can make it more vulnerable to the attentions of others.

些生物体利用生物光作为种防御机制。照亮袭击者可以让它们不那么容易引其他生物的注。

When this happens, the ego deploys defence mechanisms such as denial and repression.

在这种情况下，自我会运用否认和压抑等防御机制。

It said, okay, what if it's a unconscience… unconscious defence mechanisms, shadow play?

它说，好吧，如果这是种无识的防御机制，影射游戏？

When my parents got divorced is when I started using humour as a defence mechanism.

我父母离婚后我开始用幽默来自卫。

When a person is ill, the body’s natural defence mechanisms come into operation.

【mechanism】生病时，人体内的自然防御机制就会开始工作。

My research suggests that horror works by exploiting an ancient set of biological defence mechanisms an evolved fear system, which we share with other animals.

我的研究表明，恐怖是通过利用套古老的生物防御机制——我们与其他动物共享的种进化的恐惧系统——发挥作用的。

1882. Russian researcher Ilyi Menchnikov suggests that white blood cells are part of the body's defence mechanism, rather than actually spreading disease.

1882年， 俄罗斯研究员伊里·尼科夫提出， 白细胞是身体防御机制的部分，而非实际传播疾病。

Definitely my favorite fact about wombats is that they have a cartilage-plate in their backside, so that is actually their main defence mechanism.

袋熊最让我喜欢的点是它们的屁股里有块软骨板，这是它们的主要防御机制。

And Freud argues that humour can act as a defence mechanism transforming anxiety, fear, shyness or discomfort into something pleasurable or socially acceptable.

弗洛伊德认为幽默可以作为种防御机制，将焦虑、恐惧、羞涩或不适转化为令人愉快或社会可接受的东西。

A part of me, that dates back to a defence mechanism of childhood, needs to put some walls between us because proximity feels at some level odd and frightening.

我内心的部分，源于童年的防御机制，需要在我们之间设置些界限，因为在某种程度上，亲密会让人感到奇怪和害怕。

Sometimes I wondered if it was a defence mechanism, whether the only way to cope with his life was to pretend it wasn't him it was happening to.

有时我想知道这是否是种防御机制，应对他生活的唯方法是否就是假装这不是发生在他身上的事情。

However, in the wild, if you were to come across them as a defence mechanism, what they do is they actually open up their mouth really wide and stick their tongue out and start hissing.

然而，在野外，如果它们作为防御机制遇到你，它们会张大嘴巴， 伸出舌头并开始发出嘶嘶声。

It is believed that the molecule emerged as a defence mechanism against invasive bacteria, plant pathogens and — We humans and an Asian tree shrew are the only mammals in the world known to tolerate or even seek out capsaicin.

据称，辣椒分子能够防御入侵的细菌、植物病原体和-人类和种洲树鼠是世界上已知的能耐受甚至寻找辣椒素的哺乳动物。