IELTS备考|words&phrases

1.anthropology

人类学:the study of the human race, especially of its origins, development, customs and beliefs

Anthropology is the study of humanity.

I was an anthropology major.我的专业是人类学。

2.jurisprudence

n.法学;法律学:the scientific study of law

There's entire sections of jurisprudence bases on crimes of passion.

法律学中很大一部分都是在讲冲动犯罪。

Instead, he devoted his life to jurisprudence and moral philosophy.

他将毕生精力献给了法学和道德哲学。

3.pupation 

n.化蛹;蛹化

Its expression was restricted to larval and early pupation stage.

主要表现为幼虫及蛹前期表达。

The survival and pupation rates of the larvae increased with increase of larval weight because of water drinking.  

幼虫的存活和化蛹率随幼虫饮水后体重的增加而增加。

4.primate

n.灵长类;灵长目动物: any animal that belongs to the group of mammals that includes humans, apes and mokeys

Among all the primates, we humans are the only ones that stand on two legs.

在所有的灵长类动物中,人类是唯一能以两条腿直立行走的。

They are mouse lemurs, the smallest primate in the world.

它们是鼠狐猴,世界上最小的灵长类动物。

I was pauper-born, reads the inscription on Archbishop Chichele's tomb, Then to primate raised. 我本贫贱,大主教查切尔的墓志铭写道,奋斗为主教。

5.genetics

n.遗传学:the scientific study of the ways in which different characteristics are passed from each generation of living things to the next

And genetics is also helping us understand how people spread through Asia.

基因学也让我们了解到人们是怎样向亚洲蔓延的。

Genetics is a powerful force. 遗传的威力很大。

6.mutation

n.(生物物种的)变异、突变

a process in which the genetic material of a person, a plant or an animal changes in structure when it is passed on to children, etc, causing different physical characteristics to develop; a change of this kind

Mutations are inevitable part of living on a planet like Earth.

变异是地球生物不可避免的一环。

Genetic mutation, the evolution of the human genome.

基因突变,这是人类基因组的进化方式。

7.Grasshopper

n.蝗虫;蚱蜢;蚂蚱

an insect with long back legs, that can jump very high and that makes a  sound with its legs.

The Grasshopper continues to sing and dance all summer long.

蚱蜢整个夏天都在载歌载舞。

But what's really weird about locusts is that they all start life as a harmless little grasshopper. 但关于蝗虫,实在怪异的是,它们生命阶段开始都是一种无害的小小蚱蜢。

8.pollen 

n.花粉:fine powder, usually yellow, that is formed in flowers and carried to other flowers of the same kind by the wind or by insects, to make those flowers produce seeds

Each spring, pollen from nearby plants is blown into the water.

每年春天,附近植物的花粉被风吹入池塘。

When a honeybee lands on a flowering plant, pollen sticks to its legs.

当蜜蜂落在开花的植物的花朵上时,花粉会沾到它们的腿上。

9. somatic

adj.体细胞的:relating to general body cells

The nucleus of a somatic cell contains a DNA blueprint.

体细胞的细胞核包含一个DNA蓝图。

I disagree. You are not taking into account what's happening to his somatic cells.

我不同意,你没有考虑到他的体细胞现在的情况。

10.pancreas

n.胰,胰腺: an organ near the stomach that produces insulin and a liquid that helps the body to digest food

She had cancer? In her pancreas.她得了癌症?胰腺癌。

Sugar stresses your pancreas.甜食会增加你胰脏的负担。

Heart, liver, kidneys, and pancreas. Obviously whatever this kid's got is something systemic.

心脏、肝脏、肾脏、胰腺都有问题,显然这孩子是系统出了问题。

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