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
- 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。 - Again, differences between people and the opportunity for natural selection to take advantage of it have diminished.
人与人之间的差异和利用差异进行自然选择的机会再一次失去。 - Natural selection is a slower process with man than with any other creature.
自然选择对人类比起对其他生物是个较为缓慢的过程。 - 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。 - In this case, natural selection would tend to add to the stature of the plant.
在此种情况下，自然选择就有增加植物高度的倾向。 - Our results provided evidence of divergent evolution of congeneric orchids under natural selection.
我们的结果为同源兰科植物在自然选择下的趋异进化提供了证据。 - Natural selection has tended to reduce this randomization.
自然选择往往倾向于减少这种随机化现象。 - Variation within a species is the raw material upon which natural selection acts.
物种内部的变异是自然选择起作用的原始的生理现象。 - 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。 - Financial history is essentially the result of institutional mutation and natural selection.
金融史实质上就是制度突变和自然选择的结果。