Like many of today's great inventions, the microwave oven was a by-product of another technology.

就像今天很多伟大的发明一样，微波炉也是其它技术的副产品。

Leatherbacks apparently do not generate internal heat the way we do, or the way birds do, as a by-product of cellular metabolism.

棱皮龟显然不把热量当作新陈代谢的副产品，以我们产生内部热量的方式，或者鸟类产生内部热量的方式来产生出来。

This manual fixation—an indirect by-product of walking upright on two legs—has helped yield numbers in most cultures, but not all.

作为用两条腿直立行走的间接副产品，对手的过分关注帮助大多数文化产生了数字，但并非所有文化都是如此。

Indeed, the very notion of productivity is a by-product of the clock: once one can relate performance to uniform time units, work is never the same.

事实上，生产力的概念本身就是时钟的副产品：一旦工作表现与统一的时间单位可以联系起来，工作就永远都不一样了。

Research has shown that Tanco could reprocess the by-product of potassium chloride use to yield a crop fertilizer, leaving a relatively small volume of waste for disposal.

研究表明，Tanco 可以对氯化钾的副产品进行再加工，从而生产出一种农作物肥料，只留下相对较少的垃圾。

Most number systems, then, are the by-product of two key factors: the human capacity for language and our inclination for focusing on our hands and fingers.

因此，大多数数字系统都是两个关键因素的意外结果：人类的语言能力及我们对手和手指的关注倾向。

Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product.

幸福不是目标，是副产品。

Then, their flammability may be a by-product of tasting terrible.

这样，它们的可燃性或许就是糟糕味道的副产品了。

Even though leather is used so much today, it is only a by-product.

虽然皮革在今天被如此广泛的使用，但是这只是个副产品。

Palm oil by-product is supplied as UK animal feed. Photograph: Getty

棕榈油副产品提供给英国作为动物食料。

It appears, for instance, to be a by-product of conspicuous consumption.

比如说，它是炫耀性消费的副产品。

That too means less propylene, since it is also a by-product of petrol production.

既然丙烯也是石油工业产品的副产物，这也意味着其产量缩水。

However, carbon dioxide is not the only fossil-fuel by-product to affect the climate.

然而，影响环境的二氧化碳，不单单是燃烧矿物产品产生的。

Its fermentation process yields a surprising by-product - plentiful supplies of brewer's yeast.

其发酵过程产生了一个惊人的副产品——充足的啤酒酵母供应。

The resulting software development can be considered a by-product of the knowledge accumulated.

随后的软件开发可以认为是知识累积的副产品。

Technologies do exist to manufacture propylene as an end in itself, rather than as a by-product.

科技确实可以将丙烯自身当作最终产物而不是作为一种副产品来制造。

Carbon dioxide is a by-product of human industrial activities, mainly the burning of fossil fuels.

二氧化碳是人类工业活动的副产品，主要是矿物燃料燃烧产生的。

Strong, shatterproof and a highly valued form of polyester, PET is a by-product of the oil industry.

PET是炼油业的附属产品，是一种强壮，抗摔打和性价比很高的聚酯。

Factories have found that their damaging by-product, HFC-23, can be more valuable than their main output.

工厂发现他们的有害副产品HFC - 23还比主要产品更值钱。

You are not the pawn or puppet of a manipulative Creator, or the by-product of an accidentally created world.

你不是造物主操纵的棋子、木偶，也不是世界无意制造的副产品。

Unfortunately the batteries also gave off hydrogen gas as a chemical by-product, which diffused into the body.

更糟糕的是这些电池会释放化学反应的副产品氢气，氢气会被身体吸收。

Since carbon dioxide is an essential by-product of burning fossil fuels, controlling it is a big economic issue.

因为二氧化碳是燃料燃烧的的主要副产品，而控制燃料燃烧涉及到经济问题。

The cellular activity that produces these receptors also produces a type of circular DNA molecule as a by-product.

而产生这些受体的细胞活性也会制造副产品——一种环状DNA分子。

The most potent greenhouse gas is HFC-23, a by-product of HCFC-22, a chemical used in, among other things, fridges.

温室效应最强的其他十三氟甲烷(HFC - 23)，是用于冰箱制冷的化学物质HCFC - 22的副产品。

Dealing with information overload has become a by-product of living in a digital age and the problem won't go away fast.

处理过量的信息已经成为生活在数字化时代的一个副产品，而问题并没有因此而解决的更快。

NUCLEAR power does not emit greenhouse gases, but the technology does have another rather nasty by-product: radioactive waste.

核能发电不会排放温室气体，然而这项技术的确存在另一个不好对付的副产品：放射性核废水。

The plastic granulate itself is a by-product from diesel, and whatever is discarded in the manufacturing process gets recycled.

塑料原料颗粒本身就是柴油制造的副产品，在生产过程中分离出的任何物质也都会重新进入到生产循环系统中。

Perhaps the greatest by-product of this softer approachis you are not building a negative image that may be nearly impossible to eraselater.

使用温和手段的最大效果就是，你不会给自己建立一个负面形象，而且是事后几乎不可能消除的那种。

Polypropylene is derived from propylene, which is in turn a by-product of a specific way of producing ethylene, a particularly useful hydrocarbon.

聚丙烯来自丙烯，而丙烯又是生产乙烯（一种特殊用途的碳氢化合物）所使用特殊工艺的副产物。