经济学人下载:性选择和物种形成(1)

1.adapt to 使适应…
 

To survive in that sort of environment, animals have to adapt to evolve in response to their surroundings.
 

为了在那样的环境中生存，动物必须进化，以适应周围的环境。
 

2.spin off 衍生，创造新的事物而不影响原物的大小（稳定性）
 

Stem cells found in embryos can spin off a wide range of tissue types.
 

胚胎干细胞可以分化成多种组织类型。
 

3.miscegenation 种族混合，(尤指白人和非白人)异族通婚
 

Chinese ancient marriage system had come through the historical changes form miscegenation, communal marriage, allelomorph marriage to plural marriage of patriarchy.
 

中国古代婚姻制度经历了杂婚制、群婚制、对偶婚制、父权制一夫多妻制的历史变迁。
 

4.hybridisation 杂交
 

They are the product of generations of selective breeding and hybridisation.
 

它们是一代又一代选择性繁殖和杂交的产物。