1. Cat videos are the definition of clickbait, dogs are prized for their companionable qualities, and the most popular cartoons feature bears, rabbits, ducks and pigs.

be prized for 因……而珍视

Oil of cedarwood is highly prized for its use in perfumery.

雪松油可用于制香水，因此十分珍贵。

2. As Henry Mance, a British journalist, observes, “animals have worse prospects in the very time that we have supposedly been looking out for them.”

looking out for 考虑…的利益；关照

You should look out for yourself from now on.

从现在起你应该多为自己着想。

3. He observes at close quarters the effects of both deforestation and re-wilding

at close quarters 近距离

You can watch aircraft take off or land at close quarters

你可以近距离观察飞机的起降。