atavism
返祖
常用释义
英音[ ˈætəˌvɪzəm ]
美音[ ætəˈvɪzəm ]
基本释义
- n. 返祖现象；隔代遗传
例句
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1·In other words, metamorphosis in mole salamanders is an atavism.换句话说，鼹钝口螈的变态是一种返祖现象。
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2·The technical term for an evolutionary throwback is an "atavism", from the Latin atavus, meaning forefather.“进化返祖”的专业术语是“atavism”，源自拉丁语的“atavus”，意为祖先。
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3·If for any reason this does not happen, the ancestral feature may not disappear, leading to an atavism.如果因为任何原因，这些事情没有发生，祖先的种种特性也许就不会消失，从而导致返祖现象。
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4·They are explainable as a species of mental atavism.这些都可以解释为一种精神的返祖现象。
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5·Atavism must be counteracted by the powers of the mind, and reaction is a form of atavism .返祖必将受到思维能力的阻碍，而复古恰恰是返祖的一种形式。
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6·Now we are not sure that he has atavism , because such a diagnosis needs more high-tech inspection.目前还不能肯定陈聪华是一种返祖现象，需要利用高科技手段对其进行进一步的诊断。
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7·One striking example of an atavism is the human coccyx, or tailbone, which is a relic of the mammalian tail.关于返祖的一个有力例证就是人类的尾骨，它是哺乳动物尾巴的遗留物。
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8·Of course a tramp is not a nomadic atavism-one might as well say that a commercial traveller is an atavism.流浪汉当然不是游牧性格的隔代遗传现象——还不如说旅行推销员是隔代遗传的呢。
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9·The civilization craftsman mythology usually exceeds the originality craftsman mythology, though sometimes with the atavism.文明社会的工匠神话对原始工匠神话多有超越，但有时又出现返祖现象。
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10·If learning and gentility are signs of civilization, perhaps our almost-big brains are straining against their residual atavism, struggling to expand.如果学习和温婉是文明的标志，那么也许可以说我们那不算太大的大的大脑正在超越落后的残余，努力扩展着自己。
同义词
n.
返祖现象；[遗]隔代遗传
同根词
词根：
atavist
atavistic
adj
隔代遗传的；返祖现象的
atavist
n
显隔代遗传物；呈现返祖性之动物或植物