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基本解釋

A tiger is a beast of prey.
老虎是食肉的野獸。
In an understated way, this large, gloopy, single-celled organism is a beast of surprising intelligence.
以理解的角度來說，這種巨大的，粘糊糊的，單細(xì)胞生命躰是擁有驚人智力的野獸。
Living for the family, this is a beast of selfishness; for only one person alive, this is despicable; only for myself, this is a disgrace.
衹爲(wèi)家庭活著，這是禽獸的私心；衹爲(wèi)一個人活著，這是卑鄙；衹爲(wèi)自己活著，這是恥辱。

And you remember Yeats in "The Second Coming," - there's a beast that's kind of-- He doesn't know what it is, and here he's saying something similar.
你們記得在二次聖臨裡“,有提到一衹野獸-,他不知道那到底是什麼，在此他表達(dá)相似的想法。
耶魯公開課 - 現(xiàn)代詩歌課程節(jié)選

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