No material object could be alive.

物质实体都不具有生命力。

The person is a body that can do things that most other material objects can't do.

人这个肉体可以做很多其他物质实体不能做的事。

Now the website advertises more than 1600 repair cafes globally mending material objects while creating new friendships.

目前，该网站在全球范围内为1600多家物品修复馆做广告，修补物品的同时还能结交新朋友。

In the past, obviously there weren't as many different types of gifts, so they were usually some kind of material object that you would give them.

过去的时候，显然那个时候没有很多不同类型的礼物，所以你给他们的通常是某种物质上的礼物。

The first repair cafe opened in Amsterdam in 2009. Now the website advertises more than 1600 repair cafes globally mending material objects while creating new friendships.

2009年，第一家物品修复馆在阿姆斯特丹开业。目前，该网站在全球范围内为1600多家物品修复馆做广告，修补物品的同时还能结交新朋友。

The reason was that the motions of all material objects – including the body, animal or human – were explained as involving mechanical processes.

原因是所有物质对象的运动——包括身体、动物或人类——都被解释为涉及机械过程。

Culture is the way that non-material objects – like thoughts, action, language, and values – come together with material objects to form a way of life.

文化是非物质对象——如思想、行动、语言和价值观——与物质对象结合形成一种生活方式的方式。

In this case there was no material object to feed upon, but the eye of reason saw a probability of mental sustenance in the shape of gossip.

在这种情况下，没有物质对象可以养活，但理性的眼睛看到了八卦形式的精神寄托的可能性。

Truly thoughts are things and powerful things at that when they are mixed with definiteness of purpose, persistence and a burning desire for their translation into riches or other material objects.

真正的思想即为实物，而且是很有力量的物体，当它与明确的目标、坚持不懈的精神以及将其转化为财富或其他实质物品的强烈愿望混合在一起时，思想就会有这种力量。

She makes a good point - for children and adults alike, when it comes to giving, think about offering something other than a material object that may get forgotten, discarded or re-gifted.

她提出了一个很好的观点——对于儿童和成人来说， 在给予时，考虑提供一些东西而不是可能被遗忘、丢弃或重新赠予的物质对象。

In terms of our discussion this is very important.No material object of any kind is formed without the cooperation and without the inner consent of the atoms and molecules that compose it.Form is not thrust upon matter.

就我们的讨论来说，这非常重要。任何实物的形成，都离不开组成它的原子和分子的合作和内在的许可。形态不是硬塞给物质的。

There is no mystery in it; there is an unfathomable mystery in the meanest of them, for ever.—Supposing we were to reverse our arithmetic for material objects, and to govern these awful unknown quantities by other means!

这其中没有什么神秘之处。它们中最微不足道的东西永远存在着一个深不可测的谜团。假设我们要反转我们对物质对象的算术，并通过其他方式来控制这些可怕的未知量！