英語單詞

atavism是什麽意思

atavism

英 ['ætəvɪzəm] 美 ['ætə,vɪzəm]
  • n. 返祖現象;隔代遺傳

英文詞源


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).

雙語例句


1. They are explainable as a species of mental atavism.
這些都可以解釋為一種精神的返祖現象.

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2. 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, 但有時又出現返祖現象.

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3. The atavism appears in the crisscross inheritance as well as in the other genetic way.
隔代遺傳既出現在交叉遺傳當中,也出現在其它遺傳當中.

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