One common question is: what are the properties that distinguish living things from nonliving things ? 一个司空见惯的题目是：区别生物与非生物的基本特征是什么？
In the growth and decay of living things there occur even more complex types of slow chemical change . 在生物的生长与衰退中发生着形式甚至更为复杂的缓慢的化学变化。
One branch states that the "vital forces" of living things are created separately from "matter" . 其中一派认为，生物体的“生命力”是以不同于“物质”的另一种形式创造出来的。
But, to the eyes of all these eager sentinels, no living thing appeared in the neighbourhood of tunstall house . 在提心吊胆的哨兵们的眼前，吞期脱尔要塞附近连个人影也没有出现。
Frank's wife ought to be timid, and she ought not to care about another living thing in the world but just frank ! 富兰克的妻子应该是羞怯温顺的，世界上除了富兰克本人之外，她对谁都没有关心的必要。
Then he stopped selling plants entirely and began to study the laws of heredity-the ways in which living things pass on their own characteristics to later generations . 他完全停止出售树苗，而转向研究遗传规律--即生物如何把自己的特性遗传给下一代。
All life ( living things ) seemed to live in peace 一切有生命的东西似乎和平共处。
As such , mars might have supported living things 同样地，火星可能也有生命体。
There are millions of living things on the earth 世界上有数以百万计的生物。
Without air , there would be no living things 如果没有空气，就不会有生物了。
