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
- 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。 - 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。 - The development of species was the result of natural selection.
物种的进化是自然选择的结果。 - It's Darwinian, the law of natural selection.
这是达尔文的自然选择规律。 - Natural selection hardly works among the rich and the poor.
自然选择在穷人和富人之间几乎不起作用。 - Biology is driven by random mutations and natural selection.
生物进程基于随机突变和自然选择。 - 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。 - 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。 - He concluded that these expressions evolved through natural selection.
他得出结论，这此表达方式经自然选择演变而来。 - 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。