"Manatees are aquatic mammals that belong to a group of animals called Sirenia." Từ "aquatic" có nghĩa là gì?

"This group also contains dugongs." Từ "dugongs" có nghĩa là gì?

"Both have flexible flippers for forelimbs." Cụm từ "flexible flippers" có nghĩa là gì?

"Both have flexible flippers for forelimbs." Từ "forelimbs" có nghĩa là gì?

"However, the manatee has a broad, rounded tail." Cụm từ "broad, rounded tail" có nghĩa là gì?

"Whereas the dugong's is fluked, like that of a whale." Từ "fluked" có nghĩa là gì?

"And the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis)." Cụm từ "Amazonian manatee" có nghĩa là gì?

"Unlike most mammals, manatees have only six bones in their neck - most others, including humans and giraffes, have seven." Từ "giraffes" có nghĩa là gì?

"To see something on its left or its right, a manatee must turn its entire body." Từ "turn" có nghĩa là gì?

"A manatee must turn its entire body, steering with its flippers." Từ "steering" có nghĩa là gì?

"Manatees have pectoral flippers but no back limbs." Cụm từ "pectoral flippers" có nghĩa là gì?

"But no back limbs, only a tail for propulsion." Từ "limbs" có nghĩa là gì?

"Only a tail for propulsion." Từ "propulsion" có nghĩa là gì?

"They do have pelvic bones, however a leftover from their evolution." Cụm từ "pelvic bones" có nghĩa là gì?

"However a leftover from their evolution from a four-legged to a fully aquatic animal." Cụm từ "a leftover" có nghĩa là gì?

"Manatees share some visual similarities to elephants." Cụm từ "visual similarities" có nghĩa là gì?

"Like elephants, manatees have thick, wrinkled skin." Cụm từ "wrinkled skin" có nghĩa là gì?

"They also have some hairs covering their bodies which help them sense vibrations in the water around them." Từ "vibrations" có nghĩa là gì?

"Seagrasses and other marine plants make up most of a manatee's diet." Từ "Seagrasses" có nghĩa là gì?

"Seagrasses and other marine plants make up most of a manatee's diet." Cụm từ "make up" có nghĩa là gì?

"Manatees spend about eight hours each day grazing and uprooting plants." Từ "grazing" có nghĩa là gì?

"Manatees spend about eight hours each day grazing and uprooting plants." Từ "uprooting" có nghĩa là gì?

"African manatees are omnivorous - studies have shown that molluscs and fish make up a small part of their diets." Từ "omnivorous" có nghĩa là gì?

"Studies have shown that molluscs and fish make up a small part of their diets." Từ "molluscs" có nghĩa là gì?

"West Indian and Amazonian manatees are both herbivores." Từ "herbivores" có nghĩa là gì?

"Manatees' teeth are all molars - flat, rounded teeth for grinding food." Từ "molars" có nghĩa là gì?

"Flat, rounded teeth for grinding food." Từ "grinding" có nghĩa là gì?

"Due to manatees' abrasive aquatic plant diet, these teeth get worn down." Từ "abrasive" có nghĩa là gì?

"Instead of having incisors to grasp their food." Từ "incisors" có nghĩa là gì?

"Instead of having incisors to grasp their food." Từ "grasp" có nghĩa là gì?

"Manatees have lips which function like a pair of hands to help tear food away from the seafloor." Từ "tear" có nghĩa là gì?

"To help tear food away from the seafloor." Từ "away" có nghĩa là gì?

"It's thought that manatees use their muscular diaphragm and breathing to adjust their buoyancy." Cụm từ "muscular diaphragm" có nghĩa là gì?

"They may use diaphragm contractions to compress and store gas in folds in their large intestine." Từ "folds" có nghĩa là gì?

"To compress and store gas in folds in their large intestine to help them float." Từ "intestine" có nghĩa là gì?

"To help them float." Từ "float" có nghĩa là gì?

"Taking advantage of coastal mangroves and coral reefs." Cụm từ "coastal mangroves" có nghĩa là gì?

"Rivers, lakes and inland lagoons." Cụm từ "inland lagoons" có nghĩa là gì?

"There are two subspecies of West Indian manatee." Từ "subspecies" có nghĩa là gì?

"When the ambient water temperature drops below 20∘C." Từ "ambient" có nghĩa là gì?

"It takes refuge in naturally and artificially warmed water." Cụm từ "takes refuge in" có nghĩa là gì?

"Such as at the warm-water outfalls from powerplants." Từ "outfalls" có nghĩa là gì?

"The species also makes use of rivers, with the mammals seen in landlocked countries such as Mali and Niger." Cụm từ "landlocked countries" có nghĩa là gì?

"Amazonian manatees favour calm, shallow waters that are above 23∘C." Cụm từ "shallow waters" có nghĩa là gì?

"All three manatee species are endangered or at a heightened risk of extinction." Cụm từ "a heightened risk" có nghĩa là gì?

"It is estimated that 140,000 Amazonian manatees were killed between 1935 and 1954 for their meat, fat and skin, with the latter used to make leather." Từ "leather" có nghĩa là gì?

"In more recent years, African manatee decline has been tied to incidental capture in fishing nets and hunting." Cụm từ "incidental capture" có nghĩa là gì?

"African manatee decline has been tied to incidental capture in fishing nets and hunting." Cụm từ "fishing nets" có nghĩa là gì?

"Both are also expected to undergo a decline of 20% over the next 40 years." Từ "undergo" có nghĩa là gì?

"A review of almost 1,800 cases of entanglement in fishing nets and of plastic consumption among marine mammals." Từ "entanglement" có nghĩa là gì?

"The chief cause of death in Florida manatees is boat strikes." Cụm từ "boat strikes" có nghĩa là gì?

"Procrastination is the habit of delaying a necessary task." Từ "Procrastination" có nghĩa là gì?

"Procrastination is the habit of delaying a necessary task." Từ "delaying" có nghĩa là gì?

"Usually by focusing on less urgent, more enjoyable, and easier activities instead." Từ "urgent" có nghĩa là gì?

"We might be composing a message to a friend who we have to let down, or putting together an important report for college or work." Từ "report" có nghĩa là gì?

"But deep down we know that we should just be getting on with it." Cụm từ "deep down" có nghĩa là gì?

"Unfortunately, berating ourselves won't stop us procrastinating again." Từ "berating" có nghĩa là gì?

"Contrary to popular belief, procrastination is not due to laziness or poor time management." Cụm từ "Contrary to" có nghĩa là gì?

"This makes sense if we consider that people are more likely to put off starting or completing tasks." Cụm từ "makes sense" có nghĩa là gì?

"People are more likely to put off starting or completing tasks that they are really not keen to do." Cụm từ "put off" có nghĩa là gì?

"Tasks that they are really not keen to do." Từ "keen" có nghĩa là gì?

"If just thinking about the task threatens our sense of self-worth or makes us anxious." Từ "threatens" có nghĩa là gì?

"If just thinking about the task threatens our sense of self-worth or makes us anxious." Cụm từ "sense of self-worth" có nghĩa là gì?

"Research involving brain imaging has found that areas of the brain linked to detection of threats and emotion regulation are actually different." Từ "detection" có nghĩa là gì?

"Areas of the brain linked to detection of threats and emotion regulation are actually different." Cụm từ "emotion regulation" có nghĩa là gì?

"In people who chronically procrastinate compared to those who don't procrastinate frequently." Cụm từ "chronically procrastinate" có nghĩa là gì?

"Tasks that are emotionally loaded or difficult, such as preparing for exams, are prime candidates for procrastination." Cụm từ "emotionally loaded" có nghĩa là gì?

"Tasks that are emotionally loaded or difficult are prime candidates for procrastination." Cụm từ "prime candidates" có nghĩa là gì?

"People with low self-esteem are more likely to procrastinate." Cụm từ "low self-esteem" có nghĩa là gì?

"Another group of people who tend to procrastinate are perfectionists, who worry their work will be judged harshly by others." Từ "perfectionists" có nghĩa là gì?

"Who worry their work will be judged harshly by others." Cụm từ "judged harshly" có nghĩa là gì?

"We know that if we don't finish that report or complete those home repairs, then what we did can't be evaluated." Từ "evaluated" có nghĩa là gì?

"When we avoid such tasks, we also avoid the negative emotions associated with them." Cụm từ "negative emotions" có nghĩa là gì?

"This is rewarding, and it conditions us to use procrastination to repair our mood." Từ "rewarding" có nghĩa là gì?

"It conditions us to use procrastination to repair our mood." Từ "mood" có nghĩa là gì?

"If we engage in more enjoyable tasks instead, we get another mood boost." Cụm từ "mood boost" có nghĩa là gì?

"However, procrastination isn't an effective way of managing emotions. The 'mood repair' we experience is temporary." Từ "temporary" có nghĩa là gì?

"Afterwards, people tend to be left with a sense of guilt that not only increases their negative mood." Cụm từ "a sense of guilt" có nghĩa là gì?

"But also reinforces their tendency to procrastinate." Từ "reinforces" có nghĩa là gì?

"But also reinforces their tendency to procrastinate." Từ "tendency" có nghĩa là gì?

"When most people think of the costs of procrastination, they think of the toll on productivity." Từ "toll" có nghĩa là gì?

"Those who reported procrastinating over their university work were also more likely to engage in study-related misconduct." Cụm từ "engage in" có nghĩa là gì?

"Were also more likely to engage in study-related misconduct, such as cheating and plagiarism." Từ "misconduct" có nghĩa là gì?

"Such as cheating and plagiarism." Từ "cheating" có nghĩa là gì?

"Such as cheating and plagiarism." Từ "plagiarism" có nghĩa là gì?

"But the behaviour that procrastination was most closely linked with was using fraudulent excuses to get deadline extensions." Cụm từ "fraudulent excuses" có nghĩa là gì?

"To get deadline extensions." Cụm từ "deadline extensions" có nghĩa là gì?

"Participants who said they regularly procrastinated had less annual income and less employment stability." Cụm từ "employment stability" có nghĩa là gì?

"For every one-point increase on a measure of chronic procrastination, annual income decreased by US$15,000." Cụm từ "chronic procrastination" có nghĩa là gì?

"Procrastination also correlates with serious health and well-being problems." Cụm từ "correlates with" có nghĩa là gì?

"People who regularly procrastinate report a greater number of health issues, such as headaches, flu and colds, and digestive issues." Cụm từ "digestive issues" có nghĩa là gì?

"And use destructive coping strategies to manage their stress." Cụm từ "destructive coping strategies" có nghĩa là gì?

"I found people prone to procrastination had a 63% greater risk of poor heart health." Cụm từ "prone to" có nghĩa là gì?

"After accounting for other personality traits and demographics." Cụm từ "personality traits" có nghĩa là gì?

"After accounting for other personality traits and demographics." Từ "demographics" có nghĩa là gì?

"Finding better ways of managing our emotions is one route out of the vicious cycle of procrastination." Cụm từ "vicious cycle" có nghĩa là gì?

"There are a number of evidence-based strategies that can help us fend off distractions." Cụm từ "evidence-based strategies" có nghĩa là gì?

"That can help us fend off distractions that can occupy our minds." Cụm từ "fend off distractions" có nghĩa là gì?

"That can occupy our minds when we should be focusing on the thing we should be getting on with." Từ "occupy" có nghĩa là gì?

"Forgiving ourselves and feeling compassion when we procrastinate can help break the procrastination cycle." Từ "compassion" có nghĩa là gì?

"We should admit that we feel bad, but not be overly critical of ourselves." Cụm từ "overly critical" có nghĩa là gì?

"Doing this can take the edge off the negative feelings we have about ourselves when we procrastinate." Cụm từ "take the edge off" có nghĩa là gì?

"Fred DeJesus from Brooklyn, New York became the first umpire in a minor league baseball game to use something called the Automated Ball-Strike System." Từ "umpire" có nghĩa là gì?

"Fred DeJesus became the first umpire in a minor league baseball game." Từ "baseball" có nghĩa là gì?

"Instead of making any judgments himself about a strike." Từ "judgments" có nghĩa là gì?

"DeJesus had decisions fed to him through an earpiece, connected to a modified missile-tracking system." Từ "earpiece" có nghĩa là gì?

"Connected to a modified missile-tracking system." Cụm từ "modified missile-tracking system" có nghĩa là gì?

"The contraption looked like a large black pizza box with one glowing green eye." Từ "contraption" có nghĩa là gì?

"It was mounted above the press stand." Từ "mounted" có nghĩa là gì?

"Major League Baseball (MLB), who had commissioned the system, wanted human umpires to announce the calls." Từ "commissioned" có nghĩa là gì?

"When the first pitch came in, a recorded voice told DeJesus it was a strike." Từ "pitch" có nghĩa là gì?

"A recorded voice told DeJesus it was a strike." Từ "strike" có nghĩa là gì?

"Even if the batter does not hit the ball, a pitch that passes through the 'strike zone' is considered a strike." Từ "batter" có nghĩa là gì?

"A pitch that passes through the 'strike zone' (an imaginary zone about seventeen inches wide, stretching from the batter's knees to the middle of his chest)." Từ "stretching" có nghĩa là gì?

"During that first game, when DeJesus announced calls, there was no heckling and no shouted disagreement." Từ "heckling" có nghĩa là gì?

"There was no heckling and no shouted disagreement." Cụm từ "shouted disagreement" có nghĩa là gì?

"For a hundred and fifty years or so, the strike zone has been the game's animating force." Cụm từ "animating force" có nghĩa là gì?

"The rules of play have evolved in various stages." Từ "evolved" có nghĩa là gì?

"Today, everyone knows that you may scream your disagreement in an umpire's face." Từ "scream" có nghĩa là gì?

"But you must never shout personal abuse at them or touch them." Cụm từ "personal abuse" có nghĩa là gì?

"MLB decided to tweak the dimensions of the zone." Từ "tweak" có nghĩa là gì?

"The following year the consensus was that ABS is profoundly consistent." Từ "consensus" có nghĩa là gì?

"The consensus was that ABS is profoundly consistent." Cụm từ "profoundly consistent" có nghĩa là gì?

"MLB says the device is near-perfect, precise to within fractions of an inch." Từ "fractions" có nghĩa là gì?

"It'll reduce controversy in the game, and be good for the game." Từ "controversy" có nghĩa là gì?

"A human, at least, yells back." Từ "yells" có nghĩa là gì?

"He said that ABS works as designed, but that it was also unforgiving and pedantic." Từ "unforgiving" có nghĩa là gì?

"But that it was also unforgiving and pedantic, almost legalistic." Từ "pedantic" có nghĩa là gì?

"Almost legalistic." Từ "legalistic" có nghĩa là gì?

"Throw it where you aimed, and it would be a strike, even if it was an inch or two outside." Từ "aimed" có nghĩa là gì?

"There was a dialogue between pitcher and umpire." Từ "dialogue" có nghĩa là gì?

"There was a dialogue between pitcher and umpire." Từ "pitcher" có nghĩa là gì?

"The executive tasked with running the experiment for MLB is Morgan Sword." Từ "executive" có nghĩa là gì?

"According to Sword, ABS was part of a larger project to make baseball more exciting since executives are terrified of losing younger fans." Cụm từ "terrified of" có nghĩa là gì?

"As has been the case with horse racing and boxing." Cụm từ "horse racing" có nghĩa là gì?

"Everyone wanted more action: more hits, more defense, more baserunning." Từ "defense" có nghĩa là gì?

"Everyone wanted more action: more hits, more defense, more baserunning." Từ "baserunning" có nghĩa là gì?

"It flattened the game into strikeouts, walks, and home runs." Từ "flattened" có nghĩa là gì?

"It flattened the game into strikeouts, walks, and home runs." Từ "strikeouts" có nghĩa là gì?

"It flattened the game into strikeouts, walks, and home runs." Cụm từ "home runs" có nghĩa là gì?

"Sword's team brainstormed potential fixes." Từ "brainstormed" có nghĩa là gì?

"Sword's team brainstormed potential fixes." Từ "fixes" có nghĩa là gì?

"Any rule that existed, they talked about changing—from changing the bats to changing the geometry of the field." Từ "geometry" có nghĩa là gì?

"It might be a triangle, or a blob, or something shaped like Texas." Từ "triangle" có nghĩa là gì?

"It might be a triangle, or a blob, or something shaped like Texas." Từ "blob" có nghĩa là gì?

"In the past twenty years, sports have moved away from judgment calls." Cụm từ "judgment calls" có nghĩa là gì?

"Soccer has Video Assistant Referees (for offside decisions, for example)." Cụm từ "Video Assistant Referees" có nghĩa là gì?

"Soccer has Video Assistant Referees (for offside decisions, for example)." Từ "offside" có nghĩa là gì?

"The boundaries of action are precise, delineated like the keys of a piano." Từ "delineated" có nghĩa là gì?

"Historically, a certain discretion has been appreciated." Từ "discretion" có nghĩa là gì?

"This is part of a movement to use algorithms to take the hard choices of living out of life." Từ "algorithms" có nghĩa là gì?

"Some players I have met take a dissenting stance toward the robots too." Cụm từ "dissenting stance" có nghĩa là gì?