And yet she has that maternal instinct.

但她却有着那种母性本能。

Exactly. You’re a mother trying to protect her child. It’s a natural impulse.

是呀，身为人母，保护自己子是母性本能。

I mean, if a bit maternal, probably, because we were there at that age.

我意思是，如果有点母性，可能吧，因为我们也经历过那个年龄。

Well...it's not in their natures, is it?

唉......她们天性里没有母性，是不是？

She combined motherhood with glamour, royal duties with charity work.

她将母性魅力、王室职善工作结合起来。

I think of superb motherhood and a struggle to raise one's chicks.

我会想到伟大母性和养育幼崽艰辛。

Goddesses of life are maternal, often associated with the life-giving Earth.

生命女神通是母性化，通孕育生命大地联系在一起。

Luckily, there are these instincts that kick in, especially when your kid's in trouble.

幸运是，会激发很多母性本能，特别是子遇到麻烦时。

In the wake of what I imagined to be my martyred maternal heroics was panic.

在我自认为已经完成了“英勇母性牺牲”之后，随之而来却是恐慌。

And this illiteration drives home her deep maternal fury at these dark spirits.

这种无知让她深深感受到母性对这些黑暗灵魂愤怒。

Her novel is particularly astute about the ambiguous feelings elicited by mothering, a theme that has been picked up anew by female writers in the 21st century.

她小说尤其敏锐地描写了母性引发模糊情感，而母性这一主题在21世纪被女性作家重新提起。

Maternal inheritance gave rise to the idea of a Mitochondrial Eve, a woman who lived between 180,000 to 580,000 years ago from which all human mitochondrial DNA is rooted.

母性遗传产生了“线粒体夏娃”，这个女人生活在18万到58万年前，所有人类线粒体DNA都起源于此。

Now if the female was actually defending its young, then the attendant sense changes the equation. and consequently the intensity of battle might be different.

要是雌性是在保护幼崽，这种母性会改变情况。博斗激烈程度会大幅度增加。

With her maternal instinct fired up, the lioness does what she is compelled to do — defend her young at any cost.

母性本能被点燃，这只母狮被迫做出反抗——她要不惜一切代价保护幼狮。

Something interesting that I've learned about motherhood as it relates to criticism is that when you're pregnant, everybody is obsessed with you.

我从母性批评中学到了一些有趣东西，那就是当怀孕时候，每个人都对着迷。

To get clucky To get clucky. Now, obviously, men can't get clucky, women get clucky, and it means to get maternal.

感觉到母性，想要子去碰碰运气。现在，很明显，男人不会变得“clucky”，女人会，这意味着母性。

Mrs. March laughed, and smoothed down her maternal pride as she asked, " Well, my swan, what is your plan? "

马奇太太笑了，一面压制着自己母性自尊，一面问道，“那么我小天鹅，计划是怎样？”

The lucky pup gets to feed, and this mom's maternal instincts are met.

这只幸运小海豹得到了食物，这只妈妈母性本能得到了满足。

He had help, trust me. I've always thought the maternal instinct is one of nature's most amazing gifts.

他有帮手，相信我。我一直认为母性本能是自然界最神奇天赋。

So in summary: They're charming, maternal, and they carry tasers.

她们迷人 有母性 还带电击枪。