(单词翻译:单击)
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University of Cambridge have found that in some areas of DNA, including those linked to mental illness and obesity, some of the faults remain.
英国剑桥大学发现某些DNA区域包括与精神疾病与肥胖有关的基因仍然存在一些缺陷 。
DNA carries traces of past events meaning poor lifestyle can affect future generations it has been reported.
据报道,基因能够“记录过往” 是指贫穷的生活会影响未来几代人 。
Professor Azim Surani, from the Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute at the University of Cambridge, said:
剑桥大学威康信托基金会/英国癌症研究古尔研究所的Azim Surani教授说道:
“The information needs to be reset in every generation before further information is added to regulate development of a newly fertilised egg.
“每一代都需要对这一信息进行重设,然后再进一步添加信息来调控新受精卵的发育 。”
It’s like erasing a computer disk before you add new data."
这就像你在添加新数据之前要清空电脑磁盘一样 。”
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词语解释
1.future generation 后代
例句:The prime function of schooling is to equip the future generation to find jobs.
教育的主要职能是教给下一代技能以找工作 。
2.linked to 与...有关
例句:The submission is not linked to any other issue.
此协定不与其他任何问题挂钩 。
3.mental illness 精神疾病
例句:Heredity also plays a role in some types of mental illness.
遗传在某些精神病中也有作用 。
4.computer disk 电脑磁盘
例句:They have to smuggle the computer disk into the country .
他们不得不将计算机磁盘偷运进该国 。