ancestry
ancestry 英 [ˈænsestri] 美 [ˈænˌsɛstri]
n. 祖先；血统
名词复数:ancestries
- Have a family tree hanging on the wall? Then you know a bit about your ancestry, or family history and lineage.
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- n. 祖先；血统
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1. Martin has shown that, of the eukaryotic genes whose ancestry can be traced, 75 per cent or more came from bacteria rather than the host cell.
马丁揭示，在哪些可以追溯到祖先的线粒体基因上，有75%或更多的成分来自当时外来的细菌而非宿主细胞。
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2. You can only explain this by evolutionary common ancestry.
你只能通过存在“进化上的共同祖先”来解释。
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3. A little spooked by his ancestry, Fallon set out to see whether anyone in his family possesses the brain of a serial killer.
祖先的事迹给他一个不小的惊吓，法伦想要看看他的家人是否有人拥有一颗连环杀手的大脑。
- ancestry (n.) "series or line of ancestors, descent from ancestors," early 14c., auncestrie, from Old French ancesserie "ancestry, ancestors, forefathers," from ancestre (see ancestor); spelling modified in English by influence of ancestor.
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