Definition of missing link in English:

missing link

noun

1A thing that is needed in order to complete a series, provide continuity, or gain complete knowledge.
they are the missing link between prog rock and punk rock
Example sentencesExamples
- The police know there are people who could provide those vital missing links which would bring the driver to justice.
- The new American policy provides the missing link in a vicious circle that is as dangerous as the arms race of the Cold War, if not more so.
- There is just a missing link at the moment which is the statute that provides for the conviction.
- The East London Line, which would provide the missing link in a line circling the capital and improve access in the most deprived boroughs, was meant to open in 2006.
- In other words, these results provide the first direct evidence of the missing link between gas collision and the birth of the first stars.
- He says despite the city's prosperity there are still one or two surprising missing links - Leeds does not have a major concert venue, conference centre, and in spite of years of trying, still hasn't managed to deliver a supertram network.
- His ability to challenge and motivate individuals may yet provide the missing link for Leinster.
- The extensive new functionality afforded by nearline storage provides a vital missing link for organizations demanding more from their existing storage architecture.
- As I describe next, the insights derived above can provide us an important clue in uncovering the puzzling missing link in relationships.
- While minor and house league hockey is providing the missing link for many NHL fans, there is a dedicated bunch of Montrealers whose team's slow rise to the throne of hockey greatness is also filling the gap.
- Council officers say the plans will provide a missing link in the London Cycle Network with a safe crossing for cyclists along Mansel Road and across Wimbledon Hill Road.
- But it is something else that provides the missing link… they are all veterans of the Armed Forces and are now members of the Rochdale Royal British Legion.
- Security information management can provide the missing link.
- Greengard provided the missing link by working out the details of nerve cell communication, compiling what he termed ‘the biochemical inventory’.
- The statistical study of a population of single molecules provides the missing link.
- But in my view, a still more attractive possibility is that key common elements - missing links between the systems - are as yet undiscovered, or insufficiently appreciated.
- In all probability, the entrance seen by the two lads in 1997 would provide this missing link.
- The purpose of this study is to provide one missing link in a growing chain of knowledge.
- Nevertheless, should the Moroccan regime now be subjected to real pressure it is likely that this could provide the missing link for a lasting solution.
- Marina was used to provide the missing link by translating the Nahuatl into Mayan.
1. 1.1 A hypothetical fossil form intermediate between two living forms, especially between humans and apes.
  Example sentencesExamples
  On the basis of these finds, Woodward constructed a skull that seemed to supply the missing link in the evolutionary path between humans and the apes.
  The popular press hailed the find as the missing link between apes and man, and the most ancient human species known to date.
  The rest of his arguments, such as the lack of missing links in the fossil record and the evidence for a young Earth, were verifiable.
  So he was particularly keen on suggesting to people that he'd found missing links not just between humans and animals but between widely different types of animals.
  Darwin also held that new species evolve slowly, the result of countless small changes over many generations, and he attributed the lack of transitional forms - missing links - to the spotty nature of the fossil record.
  That leaves evolutionists back at square one: where are those countless missing links required by the theory, had birds evolved from reptiles?
  When such fossils are found, as they often are, creationists must then punt and change their emphasis to other missing links, continually retreating before the advance of science.
  He claimed it was found in a peat bog and was a vital missing link between modern humans and Neanderthals.
  The situation here was that paleontologists had been looking for the missing link between man and ape, and an amateur paleontologist in England found this skull in a gravel pit in England.
  One of these is the notion that paleoanthropologists are focused on discovering ‘the missing link,’ and that only the missing link can tell us anything of real importance about our origins.
  As for missing links or what are technically called ‘transitional forms’, the literature is full of them and where gaps occur this is nothing unexpected, it's just a case of more rapid and episodic change or punctuated equilibrium.
  Dr. Leaky started much of the uproar when he found his famous missing link, Lucy.
  It seems these days that there are precious few ordinary human or ape fossils unearthed, rather they all have to be a missing link between the two.
  It is again a typical creationist strategy that when skeletons of missing links turn up, creationists ignore them and insist that evidence of intermediacy be sought instead in the soft parts that rarely fossilize.
  Evidence from the pelvis, rib cage, arms, wrist and inner ear all indicate not a missing link but something less similar to both humans and chimpanzees, than these latter are to each other.
  Paleontologists behind some of these fossils believed they were the oldest snakes yet discovered and a missing link with mosasaurs.
  I pointed out that actually Wood's point was that we shouldn't think in terms of missing links, because even if we had the right fossil in front of us we would have no way of recognizing it as such.
  The thought was that these forms might represent missing links between the three major alveolate taxa.
  Now even evolutionists have abandoned this creature, now called Paranthropus, as a missing link, but the effect was profound at the time.

Definition of missing link in US English:

missing link

nounˈˌmɪsɪŋ ˈlɪŋk

1A thing that is needed in order to complete a series, provide continuity, or gain complete knowledge.
they are the missing link between prog rock and punk rock
Example sentencesExamples
- Security information management can provide the missing link.
- Greengard provided the missing link by working out the details of nerve cell communication, compiling what he termed ‘the biochemical inventory’.
- There is just a missing link at the moment which is the statute that provides for the conviction.
- The police know there are people who could provide those vital missing links which would bring the driver to justice.
- The statistical study of a population of single molecules provides the missing link.
- But it is something else that provides the missing link… they are all veterans of the Armed Forces and are now members of the Rochdale Royal British Legion.
- The East London Line, which would provide the missing link in a line circling the capital and improve access in the most deprived boroughs, was meant to open in 2006.
- His ability to challenge and motivate individuals may yet provide the missing link for Leinster.
- As I describe next, the insights derived above can provide us an important clue in uncovering the puzzling missing link in relationships.
- The purpose of this study is to provide one missing link in a growing chain of knowledge.
- But in my view, a still more attractive possibility is that key common elements - missing links between the systems - are as yet undiscovered, or insufficiently appreciated.
- The new American policy provides the missing link in a vicious circle that is as dangerous as the arms race of the Cold War, if not more so.
- Council officers say the plans will provide a missing link in the London Cycle Network with a safe crossing for cyclists along Mansel Road and across Wimbledon Hill Road.
- He says despite the city's prosperity there are still one or two surprising missing links - Leeds does not have a major concert venue, conference centre, and in spite of years of trying, still hasn't managed to deliver a supertram network.
- In all probability, the entrance seen by the two lads in 1997 would provide this missing link.
- The extensive new functionality afforded by nearline storage provides a vital missing link for organizations demanding more from their existing storage architecture.
- Nevertheless, should the Moroccan regime now be subjected to real pressure it is likely that this could provide the missing link for a lasting solution.
- While minor and house league hockey is providing the missing link for many NHL fans, there is a dedicated bunch of Montrealers whose team's slow rise to the throne of hockey greatness is also filling the gap.
- In other words, these results provide the first direct evidence of the missing link between gas collision and the birth of the first stars.
- Marina was used to provide the missing link by translating the Nahuatl into Mayan.
1. 1.1 A hypothetical fossil form intermediate between two living forms, especially between humans and apes.
  Example sentencesExamples
  I pointed out that actually Wood's point was that we shouldn't think in terms of missing links, because even if we had the right fossil in front of us we would have no way of recognizing it as such.
  It seems these days that there are precious few ordinary human or ape fossils unearthed, rather they all have to be a missing link between the two.
  So he was particularly keen on suggesting to people that he'd found missing links not just between humans and animals but between widely different types of animals.
  The popular press hailed the find as the missing link between apes and man, and the most ancient human species known to date.
  He claimed it was found in a peat bog and was a vital missing link between modern humans and Neanderthals.
  The thought was that these forms might represent missing links between the three major alveolate taxa.
  As for missing links or what are technically called ‘transitional forms’, the literature is full of them and where gaps occur this is nothing unexpected, it's just a case of more rapid and episodic change or punctuated equilibrium.
  The situation here was that paleontologists had been looking for the missing link between man and ape, and an amateur paleontologist in England found this skull in a gravel pit in England.
  That leaves evolutionists back at square one: where are those countless missing links required by the theory, had birds evolved from reptiles?
  It is again a typical creationist strategy that when skeletons of missing links turn up, creationists ignore them and insist that evidence of intermediacy be sought instead in the soft parts that rarely fossilize.
  On the basis of these finds, Woodward constructed a skull that seemed to supply the missing link in the evolutionary path between humans and the apes.
  When such fossils are found, as they often are, creationists must then punt and change their emphasis to other missing links, continually retreating before the advance of science.
  Now even evolutionists have abandoned this creature, now called Paranthropus, as a missing link, but the effect was profound at the time.
  Dr. Leaky started much of the uproar when he found his famous missing link, Lucy.
  Darwin also held that new species evolve slowly, the result of countless small changes over many generations, and he attributed the lack of transitional forms - missing links - to the spotty nature of the fossil record.
  Paleontologists behind some of these fossils believed they were the oldest snakes yet discovered and a missing link with mosasaurs.
  One of these is the notion that paleoanthropologists are focused on discovering ‘the missing link,’ and that only the missing link can tell us anything of real importance about our origins.
  Evidence from the pelvis, rib cage, arms, wrist and inner ear all indicate not a missing link but something less similar to both humans and chimpanzees, than these latter are to each other.
  The rest of his arguments, such as the lack of missing links in the fossil record and the evidence for a young Earth, were verifiable.

单词	missing link
释义	Definition of missing link in English: missing link noun 1A thing that is needed in order to complete a series, provide continuity, or gain complete knowledge. they are the missing link between prog rock and punk rock Example sentencesExamples The police know there are people who could provide those vital missing links which would bring the driver to justice. The new American policy provides the missing link in a vicious circle that is as dangerous as the arms race of the Cold War, if not more so. There is just a missing link at the moment which is the statute that provides for the conviction. The East London Line, which would provide the missing link in a line circling the capital and improve access in the most deprived boroughs, was meant to open in 2006. In other words, these results provide the first direct evidence of the missing link between gas collision and the birth of the first stars. He says despite the city's prosperity there are still one or two surprising missing links - Leeds does not have a major concert venue, conference centre, and in spite of years of trying, still hasn't managed to deliver a supertram network. His ability to challenge and motivate individuals may yet provide the missing link for Leinster. The extensive new functionality afforded by nearline storage provides a vital missing link for organizations demanding more from their existing storage architecture. As I describe next, the insights derived above can provide us an important clue in uncovering the puzzling missing link in relationships. While minor and house league hockey is providing the missing link for many NHL fans, there is a dedicated bunch of Montrealers whose team's slow rise to the throne of hockey greatness is also filling the gap. Council officers say the plans will provide a missing link in the London Cycle Network with a safe crossing for cyclists along Mansel Road and across Wimbledon Hill Road. But it is something else that provides the missing link… they are all veterans of the Armed Forces and are now members of the Rochdale Royal British Legion. Security information management can provide the missing link. Greengard provided the missing link by working out the details of nerve cell communication, compiling what he termed ‘the biochemical inventory’. The statistical study of a population of single molecules provides the missing link. But in my view, a still more attractive possibility is that key common elements - missing links between the systems - are as yet undiscovered, or insufficiently appreciated. In all probability, the entrance seen by the two lads in 1997 would provide this missing link. The purpose of this study is to provide one missing link in a growing chain of knowledge. Nevertheless, should the Moroccan regime now be subjected to real pressure it is likely that this could provide the missing link for a lasting solution. Marina was used to provide the missing link by translating the Nahuatl into Mayan. 1.1 A hypothetical fossil form intermediate between two living forms, especially between humans and apes. Example sentencesExamples On the basis of these finds, Woodward constructed a skull that seemed to supply the missing link in the evolutionary path between humans and the apes. The popular press hailed the find as the missing link between apes and man, and the most ancient human species known to date. The rest of his arguments, such as the lack of missing links in the fossil record and the evidence for a young Earth, were verifiable. So he was particularly keen on suggesting to people that he'd found missing links not just between humans and animals but between widely different types of animals. Darwin also held that new species evolve slowly, the result of countless small changes over many generations, and he attributed the lack of transitional forms - missing links - to the spotty nature of the fossil record. That leaves evolutionists back at square one: where are those countless missing links required by the theory, had birds evolved from reptiles? When such fossils are found, as they often are, creationists must then punt and change their emphasis to other missing links, continually retreating before the advance of science. He claimed it was found in a peat bog and was a vital missing link between modern humans and Neanderthals. The situation here was that paleontologists had been looking for the missing link between man and ape, and an amateur paleontologist in England found this skull in a gravel pit in England. One of these is the notion that paleoanthropologists are focused on discovering ‘the missing link,’ and that only the missing link can tell us anything of real importance about our origins. As for missing links or what are technically called ‘transitional forms’, the literature is full of them and where gaps occur this is nothing unexpected, it's just a case of more rapid and episodic change or punctuated equilibrium. Dr. Leaky started much of the uproar when he found his famous missing link, Lucy. It seems these days that there are precious few ordinary human or ape fossils unearthed, rather they all have to be a missing link between the two. It is again a typical creationist strategy that when skeletons of missing links turn up, creationists ignore them and insist that evidence of intermediacy be sought instead in the soft parts that rarely fossilize. Evidence from the pelvis, rib cage, arms, wrist and inner ear all indicate not a missing link but something less similar to both humans and chimpanzees, than these latter are to each other. Paleontologists behind some of these fossils believed they were the oldest snakes yet discovered and a missing link with mosasaurs. I pointed out that actually Wood's point was that we shouldn't think in terms of missing links, because even if we had the right fossil in front of us we would have no way of recognizing it as such. The thought was that these forms might represent missing links between the three major alveolate taxa. Now even evolutionists have abandoned this creature, now called Paranthropus, as a missing link, but the effect was profound at the time. Definition of missing link in US English: missing link nounˈˌmɪsɪŋ ˈlɪŋk 1A thing that is needed in order to complete a series, provide continuity, or gain complete knowledge. they are the missing link between prog rock and punk rock Example sentencesExamples Security information management can provide the missing link. Greengard provided the missing link by working out the details of nerve cell communication, compiling what he termed ‘the biochemical inventory’. There is just a missing link at the moment which is the statute that provides for the conviction. The police know there are people who could provide those vital missing links which would bring the driver to justice. The statistical study of a population of single molecules provides the missing link. But it is something else that provides the missing link… they are all veterans of the Armed Forces and are now members of the Rochdale Royal British Legion. The East London Line, which would provide the missing link in a line circling the capital and improve access in the most deprived boroughs, was meant to open in 2006. His ability to challenge and motivate individuals may yet provide the missing link for Leinster. As I describe next, the insights derived above can provide us an important clue in uncovering the puzzling missing link in relationships. The purpose of this study is to provide one missing link in a growing chain of knowledge. But in my view, a still more attractive possibility is that key common elements - missing links between the systems - are as yet undiscovered, or insufficiently appreciated. The new American policy provides the missing link in a vicious circle that is as dangerous as the arms race of the Cold War, if not more so. Council officers say the plans will provide a missing link in the London Cycle Network with a safe crossing for cyclists along Mansel Road and across Wimbledon Hill Road. He says despite the city's prosperity there are still one or two surprising missing links - Leeds does not have a major concert venue, conference centre, and in spite of years of trying, still hasn't managed to deliver a supertram network. In all probability, the entrance seen by the two lads in 1997 would provide this missing link. The extensive new functionality afforded by nearline storage provides a vital missing link for organizations demanding more from their existing storage architecture. Nevertheless, should the Moroccan regime now be subjected to real pressure it is likely that this could provide the missing link for a lasting solution. While minor and house league hockey is providing the missing link for many NHL fans, there is a dedicated bunch of Montrealers whose team's slow rise to the throne of hockey greatness is also filling the gap. In other words, these results provide the first direct evidence of the missing link between gas collision and the birth of the first stars. Marina was used to provide the missing link by translating the Nahuatl into Mayan. 1.1 A hypothetical fossil form intermediate between two living forms, especially between humans and apes. Example sentencesExamples I pointed out that actually Wood's point was that we shouldn't think in terms of missing links, because even if we had the right fossil in front of us we would have no way of recognizing it as such. It seems these days that there are precious few ordinary human or ape fossils unearthed, rather they all have to be a missing link between the two. So he was particularly keen on suggesting to people that he'd found missing links not just between humans and animals but between widely different types of animals. The popular press hailed the find as the missing link between apes and man, and the most ancient human species known to date. He claimed it was found in a peat bog and was a vital missing link between modern humans and Neanderthals. The thought was that these forms might represent missing links between the three major alveolate taxa. As for missing links or what are technically called ‘transitional forms’, the literature is full of them and where gaps occur this is nothing unexpected, it's just a case of more rapid and episodic change or punctuated equilibrium. The situation here was that paleontologists had been looking for the missing link between man and ape, and an amateur paleontologist in England found this skull in a gravel pit in England. That leaves evolutionists back at square one: where are those countless missing links required by the theory, had birds evolved from reptiles? It is again a typical creationist strategy that when skeletons of missing links turn up, creationists ignore them and insist that evidence of intermediacy be sought instead in the soft parts that rarely fossilize. On the basis of these finds, Woodward constructed a skull that seemed to supply the missing link in the evolutionary path between humans and the apes. When such fossils are found, as they often are, creationists must then punt and change their emphasis to other missing links, continually retreating before the advance of science. Now even evolutionists have abandoned this creature, now called Paranthropus, as a missing link, but the effect was profound at the time. Dr. Leaky started much of the uproar when he found his famous missing link, Lucy. Darwin also held that new species evolve slowly, the result of countless small changes over many generations, and he attributed the lack of transitional forms - missing links - to the spotty nature of the fossil record. Paleontologists behind some of these fossils believed they were the oldest snakes yet discovered and a missing link with mosasaurs. One of these is the notion that paleoanthropologists are focused on discovering ‘the missing link,’ and that only the missing link can tell us anything of real importance about our origins. Evidence from the pelvis, rib cage, arms, wrist and inner ear all indicate not a missing link but something less similar to both humans and chimpanzees, than these latter are to each other. The rest of his arguments, such as the lack of missing links in the fossil record and the evidence for a young Earth, were verifiable.
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