| 单词 | survival value |
| 释义 | > as lemmassurvival value survival value n. Biology the property of any heritable or other character that renders the individuals possessing it more likely to survive and reproduce; also transferred; also, the ability to survive. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > evolution > [noun] > selection natural selection1842 selection1857 survival of the fittest1864 selection value1892 organic selection1896 post-selection1896 orthoselection1907 survival value1912 kin selection1964 r selection1967 1912 J. S. Huxley Individual in Animal Kingdom i. 16 This..view of the individual, as a whole whose diverse parts all work together in such a way as to ensure the whole's continuance, or, as the evolutionist would say, whose structure and working have ‘survival-value’, cannot stand without some qualification. 1924 J. A. Thomson Sci. Old & New xlvii. 280 The notable musical talent of birds..has its survival-value in connection with mating and as an expression of very vital emotion. 1944 A. L. Rowse Eng. Spirit xvii. 142 The survival-value of the College must be rated extraordinarily high. 1965 J. D. Chambers in D. V. Glass & D. E. C. Eversley Population in Hist. xiii. 313 The survival-value of the small man under the impact of enclosures should not be under-estimated. 1966 Listener 17 Mar. 385/2 This behaviour has great survival value. So long as the troop sticks together, the prospects of a predator getting a meal are slim. < as lemmas |
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