heredity
/hi'rediti/
📖 中文释义
- n. 遗传, 形质遗传
- [医] 遗传
🔗 释义中的汉语词
💬 双语例句
Within the genetic code, there are 30,000-40,000 highly organized regions called genes. Genes are the basic unit of heredity, and, unless you are an identical twin, the combination of genes inherited from your parents is unique to you.
在遗传密码中,有30,000-40,000个排列高度整齐的区域叫做基因。 基因是遗传的基本单位,除非你是同卵双生,否则你从父母那里遗传的基因组合是独一无二的。 你所拥有的基因组成了你的基因型。 而它的产物,诸如眼睛的颜色,就是你的表现型。
Recognizing that there is more to heredity than DNA has implications for medicine and agriculture, as well as for evolutionary theory. For example, we know that some environmental insults and stresses, such as temporary starvation, can affect future generations.
承认除DNA以外更多的物质遗传,对医药和农业以及进化论具有重要意义。 例如,我们知道一些环境刺激和压力,例如暂时的饥饿,能够影响后代。 在进化研究中,因为可遗传的非基因变异通常是由环境引起的,所以我们应该将我们的遗传和变异概念扩大到包括获得性变异的遗传 — — 这一被轻视的观点是让-巴提斯·拉马克(Jean-Baptiste Lamarck)理论的一部分。
Compared to public companies of comparable size, the Trump Organization’s dynastic C-Suite and the longevity of its consiglieri are striking. The lesson for any administration appointee should be clear: only loyalty comes close to heredity in winning and holding an executive role.
🔗 常用搭配
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
- n. the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next
- n. the total of inherited attributes