In British slang you can use 'mate' to mean 'friend'.

在英式俚语里你可以用 'mate' 代指'friend'。

However, both genders are having a harder time finding suitable mates to build their lives with.

不过，不论男女都更难找到合适的伴侣来一同建立他们的生活。

With no mate to help protect them, the mother does what she can to warn him off.

因为没有配偶保护它们，妈妈想尽一切办法警告雄狐离开。

Anyone who wants her mate to be a true partner must treat him as an equal-and equally capable- partner.

如果希望另一半变成真正的人生搭档，首先得把对方看成与自己地位平等（也同样有能力）的好伙伴。

Without all the hustle and bustle of the daytime, their songs would be easier for a mate to pick out.

没有白天的熙熙攘攘，它们的歌曲可以更容易供配偶挑选。

I sent for two mates to row the boats; and I telephoned to you.

我派了两个大副来划船。 我给你打电话了。

Let's see how long it takes for my crew mates to discover my dead body.

让我们看看我的船员需要多长时间才能发现我的尸体。

In the animal kingdom, is the purpose of camouflage to attract a mate, to find food or to hide?

在动物界，伪装的目的是为了吸引配偶，寻找食物还是躲藏？

He will not even enter a drawing-room with his breast and back naked, so alive are he and his mates to indecent suggestion.

他甚至不会袒胸露背走进客厅，但他和他的配偶对下流的暗示又十分敏感。

Far less intimidating than their female counterparts, male anglerfish are little guys that have evolved into permanent parasitic mates to their females.

雄性琵琶鱼远没有雌性那么可怕， 它们是小家伙，已经进化成为雌性的永久寄生伴侣。

If the mouse gets eaten by a cat, the tissue cysts become active and release offspring that mate to form new oocysts, completing the cycle.

如果老鼠被猫吃掉，组织囊肿就会变得活跃，并释放出交配形成新卵囊的后代，从而完成这个循环。

And 37% said that using an app was their least preferred method to find a potential mate to take out, for a fling or otherwise.

37% 的人表示，使用应用程序是他们最不喜欢的寻找潜在伴侣的方法，无论是为了一夜情还是其他。

" It's to be hoped that he mends his temper before next Thursday, or he won't enjoy roast pork" ! said the mate to the cook.

“希望他能在下周四之前把脾气调好，不然他就吃不上烧肉了”！大副对厨师说。

Meanwhile, the female, who is 10 times bigger than the male, 10 times, she lets out a very strong pheromone with which to attract mates to her.

同时， 雌性比雄性大 10 倍 10 倍，她会释放出一种非常强烈的信息素来吸引异性。

When driven with his mates to the new owners' camp, Buck saw a slipshod and slovenly affair, tent half stretched, dishes unwashed, everything in disorder; also, he saw a woman.

当巴克和他的队友们被赶到新主人的营地后，他看到的是一幅邋里邋遢、乱七八糟的景象：松松垮垮的帐篷，没有洗涮的碗碟，没有一个像样的地方；此外，他还看到一个女人。

" They are likewise of special use to husbands and wives who are grown weary of their mates; to eldest sons, to great ministers of state, and often to princes" .

“对于厌倦了伴侣的丈夫和妻子、长子、伟大的国务大臣，通常还有王子，它们也有特殊的用途”。

" That thing told its mates to eat Harry and me! Told them to help themselves! And now Hagrid ex-pects us to go down there and cry over its horrible hairy body! "

“那畜生叫它的同伴把哈利和我吃掉！说是随便吃！现在海格却要我们去对着它那恐怖的、毛森森的一尸一体痛哭！”

Buck made his hole in the snow and slept the sleep of the exhausted just, but all too early was routed out in the cold darkness and harnessed with his mates to the sled.

巴克在雪地里为自己挖了一个洞, 入睡时是一身疲惫, 但主人在天还 没蒙蒙亮, 天气还冷森森的时候就把他早早地赶了出来, 给他和伙伴们一起套上了雪橇。

He told them of the strenuous attempt of the girl's savage mate to rescue her, and suggested that the sooner they got her out of the country the more likely they were to retain possession of her.

他告诉他们女孩的野蛮伴侣费尽心思营救她，并建议他们越早将她带出国门，就越有可能保住她。

Whether you're texting your mate to catch up for a beer, or you're a bank that's transferring billions of dollars to another bank, modern encryption enables us to send data that can be secured in a matter of milliseconds.

无论您是发短信给您的伴侣喝啤酒，还是一家银行正在将数十亿美元转移到另一家银行，现代加密技术使我们能够发送可以在几毫秒内得到保护的数据。