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
- I am convinced that natural selection has been the main but not the exclusive means of modification.
我确信自然选择是主要的但不是唯一的手段。 - 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, entailing Divergence of Character and the Extinction of less-improved forms"( Charles Darwin).
“自然选择，特性的遗传变异和进化较慢的形式的退化”（查尔斯·达尔文）。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 is a process in which genetic changes that are helpful to a species survive and spread quickly.
所谓的自然选择是一个过程，在此过程中基因将沿着有利于物种生存的方向进化并且快速繁衍开来。 - Natural selection tends to maintain a mutation rate for maximal evolvability.
自然选择倾向于保持一个使可进化性最大化的基因突变率。 - The development of species was the result of natural selection.
物种的进化是自然选择的结果。