endogenous

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endogenous — 形容詞

  • endogenouspositive
  • more endogenouscomparative
  • most endogenoussuperlative

1. starting inside a body, mind, or system instead of being caused or brought in fr

1.形容詞C1
釋義

內生的

由身體或系統內部產生

starting inside a body, mind, or system instead of being caused or brought in from outside.

例句

The doctor told Theo the pain was endogenous, not caused by a fresh cut.

醫師告訴 Theo，這種疼痛是內生的，不是新傷口造成的。

predicative use: pain was endogenous

Researchers tested endogenous hormone levels before giving Marta any extra medicine.

研究人員在給 Marta 額外藥物前，先測量內生荷爾蒙的濃度。

collocation: endogenous hormone levels

常見搭配
  • endogenous factor
  • endogenous cause
  • endogenous hormone
  • endogenous process
  • endogenous signal
同義詞
  • internal

    broader and simpler; can mean simply located inside, not necessarily produced there

  • intrinsic

    emphasizes being natural to something, but not always that the cause was produced inside it

  • self-generated

    plain explanatory phrase for something produced by the person or system itself

反義詞
  • exogenous

    coming from outside the body, mind, or system

文法句型

endogenous + noun (factor, cause, hormone)

be endogenous to + system

用法筆記

Common in medical, scientific, and social-science writing, usually before nouns such as factor, cause, hormone, or change. It is often contrasted with exogenous, which describes something introduced from outside.

常見錯誤

The infection was endogenous because she caught it from a classmate.
The infection was exogenous because she caught it from a classmate.
'endogenous' means the source is inside the body or system, not outside contact.

同根字

  • endogenously
    副詞C2
  • endogeneity
    名詞C2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

副詞搭配

  • largely endogenous
  • entirely endogenous

常用片語

  • be endogenous to a system
  • treat something as endogenous

介系詞搭配

  • endogenous to