在夏天的三伏天与专家会面(Meet an expert on the dog days of summer)

除了我们的宠物狗之外，没有其他犬科动物比狐狸更能成功地生活在人类中间。尽管人们猎杀它们是为了运动和它们令人垂涎的毛皮，并且通常将它们视为害虫和敌人，但这一事实仍然存在。不管我们对狐狸的感觉如何，狐狸似乎赢得了我们的尊重。在所有可以说是聪明和狡猾的动物中，我们用的词是“被打败了”，而不是“被激怒了”，或“被遗弃了”，或“被遗弃了”
原文：
Other than maybe our pet dogs, no other canine species has succeeded more at living among humans than the fox. This despite the fact that people have hunted them for sport and for their highly coveted fur, and generally regarded them as pests and nemeses. No matter how we feel about them, foxes seem to have earned our respect. Of all the animals that are arguably clever and crafty, the word we use is ‘outfoxed,’ not ‘outcrowed,’ or ‘outbeared,’ or ‘outraccooned.’
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