Word · Frequency #22600
heredity
遗传；遗传过程
核心释义
The biological process by which genetic characteristics are passed from parents to their offspring.
- 1.
父母的身体和遗传特质向后代的遗传传递；生物体在后代中重复自身特征的生命规律
Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants.
- 2.
遗传过程；遗传因子代代相传的生物过程
the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next
- 3.
遗传特征的总和
the total of inherited attributes
遗传特征；遗传性状；父母的身体和遗传特质向后代的遗传传递；生物体在后代中重复自身特征的生命规律；遗传过程；遗传因子代代相传的生物过程；遗传特征的总和；遗传
用法In use
Scientists are studying how heredity influences a person's risk of developing certain diseases.
用法提示：这里 heredity 是名词，指遗传特质在亲子间的传递过程。
Many people wonder whether their eye color is determined by heredity or by chance.
用法提示：此处 heredity 作名词，表示遗传因素，在句中作介词 by 的宾语。
The farmer noticed that heredity played a role in the sheep's wool quality across generations.
用法提示：句中 heredity 为名词，指亲代特征传给后代的遗传过程。
the heredity of sth
of 后接具体特征、疾病或性状。
The book explains the heredity of eye color.
这本书解释了眼睛颜色的遗传。
heredity from parent to child
用 from...to... 强调遗传的传递方向。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- heredity and environment
- 遗传与环境
- Heredity and environment both shape who we become.遗传和环境共同塑造了我们成为什么样的人。
- heredity plays a role
- 遗传起作用；遗传产生影响
- Heredity plays a role in many common diseases.遗传在许多常见疾病中起作用。
- laws of heredity
- 遗传规律
- Mendel discovered the basic laws of heredity through pea plants.孟德尔通过豌豆植物发现了基本的遗传规律。
- theory of heredity
- 遗传学说；遗传理论
- Modern biology has confirmed the chromosomal theory of heredity.现代生物学已证实染色体遗传学说。
- heredity determines
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
开头的 her 像“她”：父母把 trait 传给她/他，就是 heredity（遗传）。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：遗传学教材、学术论文、科普文章 该词比较常见于正式或书面语境，尤其是生物学、遗传学等学科的讨论；日常口语中通常更常说 genetics 或 inherited traits。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Note: none of these words rhymes with heredity (/hɝˈɛdəti/); they are spelling lookalikes sharing the suffix -ity. Stress and vowel quality differ in each word.
一起学习词形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。
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