Heredity
[hɪ'redɪtɪ] or [hə'rɛdəti]
解释:
(noun.) the total of inherited attributes.
(noun.) the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next.
手打:莫林--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) Hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. See Pangenesis.
手打:罗谢尔
解释:
n. the organic relation between generations esp. between parents and offspring: the transmission of qualities from the parents or ancestors to their offspring.—adj. Hered′itable that may be inherited.—ns. Heredit′ament all property of whatever kind that may pass to an heir.—adv. Hered′itarily.—n. Hered′itariness the quality of being hereditary.—adj. Hered′itary descending by inheritance: transmitted from parents to their offspring.
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娱乐性解释：
The cause of all our faults. From Fr. here, wretch, and Eng. ditty, song. The song of the wretched.
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例句:
- Most of its motives are purely instinctive, and all the mental life that it has is the result of heredity (birth inheritance). 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- I am sure that you cannot fail to be delighted with the traces of heredity shown in the p's and in the tails of the g's. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- Thus taken, the influence of heredity is opposed to that of the environment, and the efficacy of the latter belittled. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- That life, if there is anything in heredity, is very far from finished; and while it continues there will be new achievement. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Now, in every fiber of his being, heredity spoke louder than training. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- In this sense, heredity is a limit of education. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- The relation of heredity and environment is well expressed in the case of language. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- And so heredity, from being a curse, may become a blessing. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- But for educational purposes heredity means neither more nor less than the original endowment of an individual. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
录入:库尔特