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atavistic

美音:[(noun) ´ætə´vıstək ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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adj.隔代遗传的,返祖性的

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atavistic为短语/超纲词汇

atavistic


/,tə'vɪstɪk; ,ætə`vɪstɪk/
adj
*an atavistic urge 返祖倾向.

atavistic


adj formal
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: atavism 'being like ancestors' (19-21 centuries), from French atavisme, from Latin atavus 'ancestor']
atavistic feelings are very basic human feelings that people have felt since humans have existed