中英互译
heredity
英 /həˈredəti/美 /həˈredəti/
基本释义
- n.遗传,遗传性;祖先,血统;(头衔、职位或权力的)继承,世袭
复数heredities
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词语例句
遗传,遗传性un.
Heredity is not a factor in causing the cancer.
遗传并非导致这种癌症的一个因素。
祖先,血统un.
He always emphasizes his Japanese heredity.
他总是强调他的日本血统。
(头衔、职位或权力的)继承,世袭un.
The membership is based on heredity.
成员大多是世袭制。
- Heredity is not a factor in causing the cancer.遗传并非导致这种癌症的一个因素。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- The moral characters of men are formed not by heredity but by environment.人的品德不是由遗传而是由环境形成的。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- If identical twins are more similar to each other with respect to an ailment than fraternal twins are, then vulnerability to the disease must be rooted at least in part in heredity.如果同卵双胞胎彼此在疾病方面比异卵双胞胎更相似,那么这种疾病的易感性至少在一定程度上是由遗传造成的。
网络短语
- theory of heredity遗传学说;生物的遗传学说
- GENETICS & HEREDITY遗传学;基因和遗传学;遗传与优生
- dominant heredity显性遗传
- Heredity and Variation遗传与变异;变异;遗传和变异
- infectious heredity感染遗传
词语扩展
n.
[遗]遗传,遗传性
adj.
hereditary遗传的;世袭的;世代相传的
n.
hereditary遗传类
hereditarianism遗传主义;遗传论
词义分布
遗传
95.6%
遗传性
4.4%
英英释义
- n.the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next
- n.the total of inherited attributes
词源
- heredity遗产来自拉丁语heres,继承,词源同heir,heiress,来自PIE*ghe,留下,遗留。
- heredity遗传;遗传性词根词缀: -heredit-继承,遗传 + -y名词词尾
- heredityFrom Middle French heredité, from Latin hērēditas (“condition of being an heir”), from hēres (“heir”).