atavism

IPA/ˈæt.ə.vɪ.zəm/
KK[ˈætəvɪzəm]IPA/ˈæt̬.ə.vɪ.zəm/

atavism — 名詞

  • atavismsingular
  • atavismsplural

1. the reappearance in modern life of a behaviour, instinct, or outlook that belong

1.名詞C1
釋義

返祖現象

古老本能或行為在現代重現

the reappearance in modern life of a behaviour, instinct, or outlook that belongs to an earlier stage of human development

例句

Harper felt an atavism of fear when the lights went out in the basement.

Harper 在地下室的燈熄滅時，感受到一種返祖現象般的恐懼。

atavism of + [emotion]

A strange atavism made Vikram want to guard his desk from his coworkers.

Vikram 受到一種奇怪返祖現象的驅使，想守著辦公桌不讓同事靠近。

a strange atavism + made + [person] + [verb]

常見搭配
  • a strange atavism
  • a primitive atavism
  • a harmless atavism
  • an atavism of fear
同義詞
  • throwback

    more informal and broader; can refer to anything old-fashioned, often with warm or nostalgic overtones

  • regression

    implies a negative backward movement, often used in clinical or developmental contexts

  • reversion

    more technical; common in legal, biological, and property contexts

反義詞
  • innovation

    something newly introduced, the opposite of an old pattern returning

常見錯誤

Listening to old music is just an atavism.
Listening to old music is just nostalgia, not an atavism.
atavism refers to deep evolutionary or ancestral patterns, not personal memories or retro tastes. Use 'throwback' or 'nostalgia' for fond looks at the recent past.

同根字

  • atavistic
    形容詞C2
  • atavistically
    副詞C2

常見搭配

介系詞搭配

  • atavism of
  • atavism from