mutate

英 [mjuː'teɪt] 美 ['mjuːteɪt]

• vi. 变异；突变
• vt. 使变异；使突变

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 使突变，使变异
2. 【生】产生突变，变异
3. 变化元音
4. 转换

英英释义

Verb:

1. undergo mutation;

   "cells mutate"
   

例句

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. In the Darwinian run, the body code would mutate over time.
   在与达尔文主义有关的这条线中，躯体代码将随着时间的推移而变异。
2. While it's only a single strand right now, it can mutate into other strands.
   而这仅是一个单链，现在，它可以变异成其他方面。
3. Living machines reproduce, but as they do they mutate.
   没错，活的机器会繁殖，但是，它也会突变。
4. Exposure to UV rays can mutate your cells and cause cancer.
   暴露在紫外光下会使你的细胞突变，引起癌症。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. In the Darwinian run, the body code would mutate over time.
   在与达尔文主义有关的这条线中，躯体代码将随着时间的推移而变异。
2. While it's only a single strand right now, it can mutate into other strands.
   而这仅是一个单链，现在，它可以变异成其他方面。

经典引文

• We had the luck to see/..old Russia suddenly mutate / into a proletarian state.

  出自： W. H. Auden

• I think they were human onceshuman colonists who mutated under radioactive influence.

  出自： Edmond Hamilton

近反义词

【近义词】

• change 变化
• alter 改变
• transform 改变
• transmute 使 ... 变形
• metamorphose 改变形状
• transfigure 使变形
• modify 修改