Humans' tendency to anthropomorphise things they don't understand is ancient, and may confer an evolutionary advantage.

人类把自己不理解的东西拟人化的倾向自古有之，这可能会带来进化优势。

In other words, we anthropomorphise computers – we treat them as if they were human.

换句话说，我们把计算机拟人化了——我们把它们当作人类来对待。

To anthropomorphise an object means to treat it as if it were human, even though it's not.

把一个物体拟人化是指把它当作人来对待，即使它不是。

We anthropomorphise animals all the time, but we also anthropomorphise action figures, or dolls, or companies when we talk about companies having intentions and so on.

我们一直把动物拟人化，但我们也把人偶，或者玩偶拟人化，或者当我们谈论有意图的公司时把公司拟人化。

So, when you put a little puppy dog in human clothes, and you start talking to it like it's a person, you're " anthropomorphising" the little dog, but it's an anthropomorphic behaviour to dress up a little puppy dog like that.

所以，当你给一只小狗穿上人类的衣服，然后开始像对待人一样和它说话时， 你就是在“拟人化” 这只小狗，但把一只小狗打扮成那样是一种拟人化行为。