1. It was characteristic of an old, atavistic callousness that went with her delicacy.
这正是伴随着她病弱身体的老年返祖现象的一种麻木冷淡的特征。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

2. He was, because of some atavistic spur or fillip in his own blood, most anxious to attain some sort of social position.
可是他血液里有祖上那股劲,急于想弄到一个什么社会地位。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

3. What Debbie enjoyed to the point of obsession was a video of the Amazonian rainforest. It seemed to stir an atavistic chord in her stout breast.
真正让黛比着迷的是那盒亚马逊雨林的录相带,它令黛比那强壮的身躯里渴望回归家园的心激荡不已。

-- 来源 -- literature - 汉英

4. It seemed to stir an atavistic chord in her stout breast.
那里有散发着蒸汽的潮湿草木和游戈其中的蟒蛇。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

5. atavistic regeneration
返祖性再生

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

6. atavistic deformity
返祖畸形

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

7. As newspapers get rid of the more atavistic elements in their print editions— such as the pages of( inherently out-of-date) share prices— they also save on ink and paper.
当报纸出版商在纸质版本中摆脱了诸如广告页面等隔代遗传的因素,他们也节约了墨水和纸张。

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