sentient beings

基本解释

Desiring to show his attainment, he said: "The mind, Buddha, and sentient beings, after all, do not exist.
山冈渴望显示自己的才能，他说：“精神，佛陀，及众生终究是不存在的。
Plants are indeed life forms, but not sentient beings, as they are not complex enough (e.g. have no nervous system) to feel pain.
植物也有生命，但不是“众生”，因为它们不够复杂（即没有神经系统），感觉不到疼痛。
All sentient beings communicate, but it's possible that this particular species could have taken a turn in its development after which communication was much as it is among mice or ants or whatever.
一切有感情的人都会交流，但也有可能，这个特别的物种,可能在它的发展中出现了一次转变，在此之后,不论是在老鼠，蚂蚁还是其它东西之间都能交流。

when Steven Spielberg tried to get us to entertain the notion that computers and robots are sentient moral beings he did not show us one that looked like this .
当史蒂芬斯皮尔伯格,想让我们认为,电脑和机器人是有感情有道德的,他没有让我们看到这个。
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