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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Living creature adapting to its environment is one of natural selection's results.
生物对环境的适应，是自然选择的结果之一。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - It's Darwin's principle of natural selection in action.
这是达尔文的自然选择原则的行动。 - 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。