The image of a human empire oppressing the rest of nature is on metaphor.It is an actual pattern of imperial conquest, plunder, eventual exhaustion and collapse.

• 人类帝国凌驾于自然之上，不只是一副借助隐喻的手法所描绘的生动图像，更是人类对于自然的实际的行为模式：帝国式的征服、掠夺，最终消耗殆尽直至崩溃。