atavism

美 [æt?'v?z?m] 　英 ['æt?v?z?m]

• n.返祖(現(xiàn)象)；呈現(xiàn)返祖現(xiàn)象的人
• 網(wǎng)絡隔代遺傳；返祖性；間代遺傳

詞形變化

復數(shù)：atavisms  

英漢解釋

n.	1. 【醫(yī)】隔代遺傳,返祖(現(xiàn)象),返祖性 2. 呈現(xiàn)返祖現(xiàn)象的人

英英解釋

n.	1. the recurrence of a genetically controlled feature in an organism after it has been absent for several generations, usually because of an accidental recombination of genes 2. an organism showing atavism

例句

have even read in a book of criminology that the tramp is an atavism, a throw-back to the nomadic stage of humanity.

我甚至在一本關于犯罪學的書上讀到過流浪是種隔代遺傳現(xiàn)象，是向人類之游牧階段的回歸。

The civilization craftsman mythology usually exceeds the originality craftsman mythology, though sometimes with the atavism.

文明社會的工匠神話對原始工匠神話多有超越，但有時又出現(xiàn)返祖現(xiàn)象。

The capacity of somatic cells to evolve is an atavism, as this property is lost in the transition of uni- to multicellularity.

體細胞的自主演化能力是一種返祖現(xiàn)象，因為在單細胞生物體轉變為多細胞生物體時這種特性已經(jīng)喪失。

Now we are not sure that he has atavism, because such a diagnosis needs more high-tech inspection.

目前還不能肯定陳聰華是一種返祖現(xiàn)象，需要利用高科技手段對其進行進一步的診斷。

One striking example of an atavism is the human coccyx, or tailbone, which is a relic of the mammalian tail.

關于返祖的一個有力例證就是人類的尾骨，它是哺乳動物尾巴的遺留物。

The atavism appears in the crisscross inheritance as well as in the other genetic way.

隔代遺傳既出現(xiàn)在交叉遺傳當中，也出現(xiàn)在其它遺傳當中。

The atavism means the rearrearance of a trait after generations of absence.

隔代遺傳是指在整個系譜中，是否有一代沒有患者。

Imitation of the West seemed wiser than atavism, not least among Japanese, who in the 1930s dressed pan-Asianism in wolf's clothing.

模仿西方似乎比倒行逆施顯得更加明智，尤其是對于在30年代披著范亞洲化羊皮的日本狼。

The "Atavism" in the Contemporary Chinese Vocabulary

當代漢語詞匯中的“返祖”現(xiàn)象