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
- 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。 - 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。 - The development of species was the result of natural selection.
物种的进化是自然选择的结果。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。