natural selection
英 [ˌnætʃrəl sɪˈlekʃn]
美 [ˌnætʃrəl sɪˈlekʃn]
n. 自然选择; 物竞天择
牛津词典
noun
- 自然选择；物竞天择
the process by which plants, animals, etc. that can adapt to their environment survive and reproduce, while the others disappear
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT (生物的)自然选择，物竞天择，适者生存
Natural selectionis a process by which species of animals and plants that are best adapted to their environment survive and reproduce, while those that are less well adapted die out.- Natural selection ensures only the fittest survive to pass their genes on to the next generation.
自然选择确保只有最适应环境的物种得以存活下来，把基因传给下一代。
- Natural selection ensures only the fittest survive to pass their genes on to the next generation.
英英释义
noun
- a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
双语例句
- But the context of natural selection defines the narrow limits of the argument that Friedman and savage developed.
但自然选择这个大背景，限定了弗里德曼和萨维奇所提论点的狭小适用范围。 - A major implication of Darwin and Wallace's theory of natural selection is that all life forms, living and extinct, are descended from a single common ancestor.
达尔文和华莱士的物竞天择理论都蕴含一个主要的观点：即所有现存和已灭绝的生命形式都起源于同一个共同的祖先。 - His theory of natural selection is based on the principle of the survival of the fittest.
他的自然选择理论就是基于适者生存的原则。 - Mutation and speciation have usually been evolved responses to the environment and competition, with natural selection determining which new traits become widely disseminated.
通常，突变和物种形成的进化，取决于环境和竞争来，哪些新特性普遍传播则取决于自然选择。 - ANTIBIOTIC drugs are a well-known test of the idea of natural selection.
抗生素是对自然选择学说一个十分知名的论证。 - Whether speciation is achieved normally via genetic drift or natural selection is the subject of much ongoing discussion.
究竟正常的物种形成是通过遗传漂变还是通过自然选择达到的，是现在正在进行热烈讨论的话题。 - Viruses have genes, can reproduce and are subject to the evolutionary pressures imposed by natural selection.
病毒有基因，能再生，需要应对自然选择的进化压力。 - Darwin thinks that natural selection is the chief factor in the development of species.
达尔文认为自然淘汰是物种发展中的主要因素。 - The development of species was the result of natural selection.
物种的进化是自然选择的结果。 - Natural selection ensures only the fittest survive to pass their genes on to the next generation.
自然选择确保只有最适应环境的物种得以存活下来，把基因传给下一代。