But previous studies of the animals' scent glands failed to find chemicals that could account for the distinctive stank.

但先前对动物气味腺的研究并没找出和这些气味相对应的化学物质。

I asked HR whether this was really allowed and they started muttering some twaddle about dogs and discrimination; they also said that the skunk's scent glands had been removed.

我问HR真的允许这样做吗，然后HR开始絮絮叨叨地说一些关于狗和歧视的废话，HR还说臭鼬的气味腺体已经被切除。