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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 has tended to reduce this randomization.
自然选择往往倾向于减少这种随机化现象。 - 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。 - A theory of organic evolution claiming that new species arise and are perpetuated by natural selection.
主张新品种在自然中物竞天择的有机进化论。 - The development of species was the result of natural selection.
物种的进化是自然选择的结果。 - Nature grants long periods of time for the work of natural selection.
自然界允许极长的时期，给自然选择来进行它的工作。