gene
英 [dʒiːn]
美 [dʒin]
助记提示
音译“基因”，指生物的遗传物质。中文的“基”为“基本、根基、基础”，“因”为“缘由”，连在一起就是“你的最基本的东西是怎么来的”，音义大和谐，巧夺天工。
中文词源
gene 基因来自词根gen, 生育，词源同generate. 用于科学术语。
英文词源
- gene (n.)
- 1911, from German Gen, coined 1905 by Danish scientist Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen (1857-1927), from Greek genea "generation, race," from PIE root *gene- (see genus). De Vries had earlier called them pangenes. Gene pool is attested from 1946.
双语例句
- 1. He found evidence of mutated forms of the gene.
- 他找到了该基因出现了变异形式的证据。
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- 2. It is far too early to make sweeping statements about gene therapy.
- 现在对基因疗法下结论还为时过早。
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- 3. The gene is only part of the causation of illness.
- 基因只是致病的部分原因。
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- 4. Now, the gene they discovered today doesn't account for all those cases.
- 不过，他们现在发现的基因无法解释所有的病例。
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- 5. Gene clerked at the auction.
- 吉恩在拍卖会上作文书工作。
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