the amount of energy required to maintain the body of an individual in a resting state
双语例句
And caloric metabolization basically is will use up by thin muscle, so thin sarcous decreases can make basal metabolis rate lower and lower. 而热量的代谢主要是由瘦肌肉来消耗，所以瘦肌肉的减少会使得基础代谢率越来越低。
So evidence of sustained rapid growth, even into late juvenile and subadult stages, implies that the animals in question had relatively high basal metabolic rates. 所以，即使进入幼年晚期与亚成体阶段，仍持续快速生长的证据，暗示这些动物具有相对高的基础代谢率。
