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
- 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。 - Mutation and speciation have usually been evolved responses to the environment and competition, with natural selection determining which new traits become widely disseminated.
通常，突变和物种形成的进化，取决于环境和竞争来，哪些新特性普遍传播则取决于自然选择。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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, 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）。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。