Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #3586
biological
生物的；生物学的
Of or relating to biology or living things.
- 1.
Of or relating to biology.
- 2.
pertaining to biology or to life and living things
关于生物学或生命和生物的
- 3.
Relating to anatomy; anatomic, anatomical.
- 4.
of parents and children; related by blood
父母与子女的；有血缘关系的
- 5.
Related by consanguinity, especially as to parents and children.
亲生的；有血缘关系的；解剖学的；关于生物学或生命和生物的；父母与子女的；有血缘关系的；生物学的；[医] 生物学的
In use
The biological parents of the child were both scientists.
We studied the biological diversity of the rainforest.
The lab is conducting research on biological processes.
biological child
biological + noun
biological 在名词前作定语，表示“生物学上的”或“亲生的”。
Adopted children often want to meet their biological parents.
被收养的孩子通常想见他们的亲生父母。
be + biological
用系动词 be 连接，表示主体属于生物学范畴。
The explanation for the behavior is purely biological.
对该行为的解释纯粹是生物学上的。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- biological parent
- 亲生父母
- He was raised by adoptive parents and never knew his biological parents.他由养父母养大，从不认识自己的亲生父母。
- biological father
- 生父
- Her biological father passed away when she was young.她的生父在她小时候就去世了。
- biological mother
- 生母
- The child was separated from his biological mother at birth.这个孩子出生时就与生母分离了。
- biological clock
- 生物钟
- Jet lag can disrupt your biological clock.时差会打乱你的生物钟。
- biological weapon
- 生物武器
- The treaty banned the use of biological weapons.该条约禁止使用生物武器。
- biological diversity
Learner notes
Memory Tip
Bio-代表生命，logical代表逻辑，生物学是研究生命逻辑的学科。
Context & Register
通常用于科学或学术语境，表示与生物学有关；也可用于家庭语境表示亲生关系。多出现在正式或书面语中。
Grammar Note
通常作定语修饰名词，也可作表语。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in '-ical' often share the spelling pattern but vary in stress and vowel quality. 'Biological' and 'psychological' rhyme exactly because they share the stressed syllable /lɒdʒ/. Other common '-ical' words like 'chemical', 'physical', 'political', 'technical', and 'critical' have different stressed vowels and do not rhyme with 'biological'.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.