atavism

atavism

美 [ætə'vɪzəm] 　英 ['ætəvɪzəm]

• n.返祖(现象)；呈现返祖现象的人
• 网络隔代遗传；返祖性；间代遗传

词形变化

复数：atavisms  

英汉解释

n.	1. 【医】隔代遗传,返祖(现象),返祖性 2. 呈现返祖现象的人

英英解释

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.

我甚至在一本关于犯罪学的书上读到过流浪是种隔代遗传现象，是向人类之游牧阶段的回归。

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。

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

体细胞的自主演化能力是一种返祖现象，因为在单细胞生物体转变为多细胞生物体时这种特性已经丧失。

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。

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。

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

隔代遗传既出现在交叉遗传当中，也出现在其它遗传当中。

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

隔代遗传是指在整个系谱中，是否有一代没有患者。

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显得更加明智，尤其是对于在30年代披着范亚洲化羊皮的日本狼。

The "Atavism" in the Contemporary Chinese Vocabulary

当代汉语词汇中的“返祖”现象