喜樂美語
  1. 1aC1/dʒɪˈnetɪk/基因的／遺傳的

    Relating to genes — the parts inside living things that are passed from parents to children and decide how they grow.

    示範例句 · Example

    Eye colour is a genetic trait — you get it from your parents.

    逐字眼睛的顏色是一種基因特徵——你從你的父母那裡得到它。

    「genetic」講的是跟「基因（gene）」有關的東西——那些從爸媽傳給小孩、決定我們長相和身體怎麼長的小指令。可以想成一份「身體的說明書」，genetic 就是在描述這份說明書本身或它帶來的影響，例如 genetic disease、genetic research。跟 hereditary 很接近，genetic 偏「基因層面」，hereditary 偏「從上一代傳下來」。

    常見搭配

    • genetic make-up

      基因組成

      all the genes a living thing has

      Your genetic make-up decides many things about how you look.

    • genetic disorder

      遺傳疾病

      an illness caused by a problem in someone's genes

      Some genetic disorders can be treated if doctors find them early.

    • genetic research

      基因研究

      the scientific study of genes

      Genetic research has helped doctors understand many illnesses.

    • genetic modification

      基因改造

      changing the genes of a living thing

      Genetic modification lets scientists change how a plant grows.

    • genetic diversity

      基因多樣性

      having many different genes in a group

      Genetic diversity helps a group of animals stay healthy.

    意思相近

    hereditaryinheritedinbornbiological

    用法接近

    hereditaryinherited

    意思相反

    acquiredenvironmental

core核心畫面

Picture a set of instructions handed down from parent to child, written inside every living cell. Genetic points at that inherited instruction sheet — anything to do with what was written in before you were born, rather than what happened to you afterwards.

可以想成：一份從父母傳下來、寫在每個細胞裡的說明書。genetic 就是指著這份說明書講話——凡是跟「出生前就已經寫好的東西」有關的，都用這個字；跟後天發生的事情有關的，就不是它的範圍。所以講疾病、講長相、講科學研究時，用不用 genetic 的分界線就在「這是帶來的，還是後來造成的」。

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同家族的字

意思相近

hereditaryinheritedinbornbiological

用法接近

hereditaryinherited

意思相反

acquiredenvironmental

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

geneticadj/d͡ʒəˈnɛt.ɪk/

  • 1

    biologygeneticsmedicineRelating to genetics or genes.

    • Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better.
    • “DNA from hunter-gatherers is present at higher levels in Northeastern Europe, which means the region has an elevated genetic risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease,” Barrie said.
  • 2

    Caused by genes.

  • 3

    Of or relating to origin (genesis).

    • All evidence tends to this conclusion, that the sun is the prime genetic agent of earthquakes and of every other pluto-dynamic impulse which acts against the crust of the planet, and breaks or elevates any of its parts.
  • 4

    human-scienceslinguisticssciencesBased on shared membership in a linguistic family.

    • Chinese has borrowed several words from English, but it does not have a genetic relationship to English.
  • 5

    lifestylereligiontheologyBased on a shared membership in a religious family.

    • Guy Stroumsa (2011) proposes the use of the alternative term Abrahamic religions, emphasizing the genetic relationship between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and their branches, for which the idea of monotheism is not always central.

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