And the difference may easily be accounted for, without recurring to a sexual character.

并且可以很容易地解释这种差异， 而不会再次出现在性特征上。

The rule applies very strongly in the case of secondary sexual characters, when displayed in any unusual manner.

当以任何不寻常的方式显示时， 该规则非常适用于第二性征的情况。

I think it will be admitted by naturalists, without my entering on details, that secondary sexual characters are highly variable.

我认为博物学家会承认第二性征是高度可变的， 而无需我详细说明。

Secondary sexual characters are highly variable, and such characters differ much in the species of the same group.

第二性征是高度可变的，并且这种性征在同一群体的物种中差异很大。

The rule applies to males and females; but more rarely to females, as they seldom offer remarkable secondary sexual characters.

该规则适用于男性和女性； 但对女性来说更少， 因为她们很少提供显着的第二性征。

The term, secondary sexual characters, used by Hunter, relates to characters which are attached to one sex, but are not directly connected with the act of reproduction.

亨特使用的术语“第二性征” 与附属于一种性别但与繁殖行为没有直接联系的特征有关。

This has ever been the language of men, and the fear of departing from a supposed sexual character, has made even women of superior sense adopt the same sentiments.

这一直是男人的语言，而害怕背离假定的性特征，甚至使具有超常理智的女性也采取了同样的观点。

" In Pontella, for instance, the sexual characters are afforded mainly by the anterior antennae and by the fifth pair of legs: the specific differences also are principally given by these organs" .

“ 例如， 在 Pontella 中， 性特征主要由前触角和第五对腿提供：具体差异也主要由这些器官提供” 。

I refer the sagacious reader to the whole comparison; but must be allowed to quote a passage to enforce an argument that I mean to insist on, as the one most conclusive against a sexual character.

我请聪明的读者参考整个比较；但必须允许引用一段话来强化我要坚持的论点，作为反对性特征的最确凿的论点。

This power has not only been denied to women; but writers have insisted that it is inconsistent, with a few exceptions, with their sexual character. Let men prove this, and I shall grant that woman only exists for man.

不仅女性没有这种权力；但作家坚持认为，除了少数例外，这与他们的性特征不一致。让男人证明这一点，我将承认女人只为男人而存在。

The rule being so plainly applicable in the case of secondary sexual characters, may be due to the great variability of these characters, whether or not displayed in any unusual manner—of which fact I think there can be little doubt.

这条规则如此明显地适用于第二性征， 可能是由于这些性格的巨大可变性，无论是否以任何不寻常的方式表现出来——我认为这一事实是毋庸置疑的。