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atavism

英 ['ætəvɪzəm] 美 ['ætə,vɪzəm]

解释

n. 返祖现象；隔代遗传

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英文词源

atavism (n.): 1833, from French atavisme, attested by 1820s, from Latin atavus "ancestor, forefather," from at- perhaps here meaning "beyond" + avus "grandfather," from PIE *awo- "adult male relative other than the father" (see uncle).

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例句和用法

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.