gene
英 [d?i?n]
美 [d?in]
助記提示
音譯“基因”,指生物的遺傳物質(zhì)。中文的“基”為“基本、根基、基礎(chǔ)”,“因”為“緣由”,連在一起就是“你的最基本的東西是怎么來的”,音義大和諧,巧奪天工。
中文詞源
gene 基因來自詞根gen, 生育,詞源同generate. 用于科學(xué)術(shù)語。
英文詞源
- gene (n.)
- 1911, from German Gen, coined 1905 by Danish scientist Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen (1857-1927), from Greek genea "generation, race," from PIE root *gene- (see genus). De Vries had earlier called them pangenes. Gene pool is attested from 1946.
雙語例句
- 1. He found evidence of mutated forms of the gene.
- 他找到了該基因出現(xiàn)了變異形式的證據(jù)。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. It is far too early to make sweeping statements about gene therapy.
- 現(xiàn)在對(duì)基因療法下結(jié)論還為時(shí)過早。
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- 3. The gene is only part of the causation of illness.
- 基因只是致病的部分原因。
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- 4. Now, the gene they discovered today doesn't account for all those cases.
- 不過,他們現(xiàn)在發(fā)現(xiàn)的基因無法解釋所有的病例。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Gene clerked at the auction.
- 吉恩在拍賣會(huì)上作文書工作。
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