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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 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。 - 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。