atavism是什么意思

双语例句

(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)Atavism must be counteracted by the powers of the mind, and reaction is a form of atavism .

返祖必将受到思维能力的阻碍，而复古恰恰是返祖的一种形式。

(3)Now we are not sure that he has atavism , because such a diagnosis needs more high-tech inspection.

目前还不能肯定陈聪华是一种返祖现象，需要利用高科技手段对其进行进一步的诊断。

(4)Of course a tramp is not a nomadic atavism-one might as well say that a commercial traveller is an atavism.

流浪汉当然不是游牧性格的隔代遗传现象——还不如说旅行推销员是隔代遗传的呢。

(5)One striking example of an atavism is the human coccyx, or tailbone, which is a relic of the mammalian tail.

关于返祖的一个有力例证就是人类的尾骨，它是哺乳动物尾巴的遗留物。

同义词

n. 返祖现象；隔代遗传

同根词

词根 atavist

(1)atavistic adj. 隔代遗传的；返祖现象的

(2)atavist n. 显隔代遗传物；呈现返祖性之动物或植物