gene

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gene — 名詞

  • genesingular
  • genesplural

1. A tiny piece of DNA inside the cells of every living plant or animal. Genes carr

1.名詞B1
釋義

基因

控制遺傳特徵的基本單位

A tiny piece of DNA inside the cells of every living plant or animal. Genes carry the instructions that decide what a living thing looks like and how it grows, and they pass from parents to children.

例句

Scientists discovered a gene that controls the color of a person's eyes.

科學家發現了一個控制人類眼睛顏色的基因。

gene + that-clause for function

A baby gets one copy of each gene from its mother and another copy from its father.

寶寶從媽媽那裡得到每個基因的一個複本，再從爸爸那裡得到另一個複本。

copy of gene; gets ... from

常見搭配
  • carry a gene
  • discover a gene
  • gene for [something]
  • gene mutation
  • dominant / recessive gene
同義詞
  • DNA sequence

    More technical; refers to the exact order of molecules in the gene rather than the gene as a unit of inheritance.

  • hereditary factor

    Older or more formal term for a gene; sometimes used in historical scientific contexts.

文法句型

gene + that-clause

gene + for + [trait]

用法筆記

Often used in the plural (genes) when talking about general inheritance or multiple traits. The singular (gene) is common when referring to a specific identified unit.

常見錯誤

He has a gene of being tall.
He has a gene that makes him tall.
genes are not followed by 'of + trait'; use a that-clause or 'for + trait' instead.
His blue eyes are from his genes.
His blue eyes come from his genes.' or 'His genes determine his blue eye color.
'come from' is more natural than 'be from' for genes.
慣用語

be in one's genes

idiom

used to say that a particular quality, ability, or habit is natural to a person because it has been passed down from older family members

（某種特質）是與生俱來的；是遺傳的

Kwame's brothers both became doctors, so helping people must be in his genes.

Her grandmother was a talented painter, and that artistic skill seems to be in her genes too.

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常用片語

  • gene for something
  • a copy of a gene
  • a variation in a gene

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