heredity

英 [həˈredəti]

美 [həˈredəti]

n.  遗传(过程); 遗传特征

TOEFLTEM8医学

BNC.22600 / COCA.20183

牛津词典

noun

• 遗传（过程）；遗传特征
  the process by which mental and physical characteristics are passed by parents to their children; these characteristics in a particular person
  1. the debate over the effects of heredity and environment
     有关遗传与环境影响的辩论

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 遗传（过程）
  Heredityis the process by which features and characteristics are passed on from parents to their children before the children are born.
  1. Heredity is not a factor in causing the cancer.
     这种癌症和遗传无关。

英英释义

noun

• the total of inherited attributes
  Synonym:genetic endowment
• the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next

双语例句

• The moral characters of men are formed not by heredity but by environment
  人的道德品质不是遗传的，而是由环境塑造而成。
• We supposed the genes controlling the aubergine leaf character as the HH, and got its heredity model.
  我们假定控制紫红叶性状的基因为HH，并进行了其遗传模式的推导。
• Finally, her work proving that genes can make sudden changes in heredity won her the Nobel Prize in1983.
  她证明了基因能够使遗传产生突变，她的这一工作最终为她赢得1983年的诺贝尔奖。
• Heredity is one factor.
  遗传是一个因素。
• You must be what your experiences, your environment, and your heredity have made you.
  是你的经历、你的环境、你的遗传造就了独一无二的你。
• Heredity also plays a role in some types of mental illness.
  遗传在某些精神病中也有作用。
• Every character is influenced by heredity GetWord(" heredity");, environment and education.
  每个人的性格都会受到遗传因素、环境和教育的影响。
• Are we more influenced by environment or heredity?
  对我们影响更大的是环境呢还是遗传？
• Heredity and environment are both important.
  遗传与环境两者都很重要。
• Sins were no longer sins, if men's actions were determined by heredity and environment.
  如果人类行为取决于遗传和环境，那么犯罪就不再是罪恶。