生命活的有机物区别于死的有机物和无机物的特性和性质，主要表现在新陈代谢、生长发育、生殖、对刺激的反应、对环境的适应等有机体本身所固有的机能中 The property or quality that distinguishes living organisms from dead organisms and inanimate matter, manifested in functions such as metabolism, growth, reproduction, and response to stimuli or adaptation to the environment originating from within the organism.
微量养料；微量营养元素一种对生物的正常生长和新陈代谢极其重要的微量物质，如一种维生素或矿物质 A substance, such as a vitamin or mineral, that is essential in minute amounts for the proper growth and metabolism of a living organism.
对抗作用一个生物和另一种生物新陈代谢物之间的对抗性关系 The antagonistic association between an organism and the metabolic substances produced by another.
我们吃的食物在体内不停分解产生代谢变化。 Our bodies constantly metabolize the food we eat.
