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。
- It's Darwinian, the law of natural selection.
 这是达尔文的自然选择规律。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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, 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)。
- 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。
- Natural selection is a slower process with man than with any other creature.
 自然选择对人类比起对其他生物是个较为缓慢的过程。
- ANTIBIOTIC drugs are a well-known test of the idea of natural selection.
 抗生素是对自然选择学说一个十分知名的论证。
- The development of species was the result of natural selection.
 物种的进化是自然选择的结果。
