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单词 biotechnology
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Definition of biotechnology in English:

biotechnology

noun ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)tɛkˈnɒlədʒiˌbaɪoʊtɛkˈnɑlədʒi
mass noun
  • The exploitation of biological processes for industrial and other purposes, especially the genetic manipulation of microorganisms for the production of antibiotics, hormones, etc.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The same can be said about a new survey of attitudes to biotechnology and genetically modified foods.
    • As you can see, biotechnology is a growth industry no student can afford to ignore.
    • Out of the knowledge acquired by modern biology, modern biotechnology is growing.
    • The use of enzymes to tenderize meat sounds like a product of modern biotechnology, but is an ancient technique.
    • It lays at the bottom of a great deal of the general disquiet regarding the age of biotechnology.
    • India has very good research groups and industries are coming in to invest in biotechnology.
    • The money is to be given to projects ranging from biotechnology and semiconductors to the creative industries and oil and gas.
    • Advances in biotechnology and genetic engineering are making it easier to manufacture and handle other agents.
    • None of the supposed problems raised in the biotech debate were either substantial or specific to biotechnology.
    • The rapid evolution of biotechnology often outpaces our ability to question the progress.
    • In the case of biotechnology, markets had to emerge to justify the products.
    • Since then he has worked in a variety of areas ranging from mechanical engineering, biotechnology and materials.
    • Fundamental to his belief is tremendous growth potential for biotechnology.
    • Doesn't this new product prove that biotechnology can be used for good purposes?
    • All new industries have growing pains but few face the challenges of biotechnology.

Derivatives

  • biotechnological

  • adjective ˌbʌɪəʊtɛknəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)lˌbaɪoʊtɛknəˈlɑdʒək(ə)l
    • This, followed by the discovery of restriction enzymes by Werner Arber in the 1960's, has paved the way for many biotechnological procedures such as recombinant DNA technology.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The molecular weights commonly used for biomedical and biotechnological applications range from a few hundred to approximately 20000.
      • One of the most rapidly developing areas of biotechnological research is environmental biotechnology.
      • These important polysaccharides are used in the food, textile, paint, biotechnological and biomedical industries and have a global value of approximately €580 million.
      • The understanding of the mechanisms that are used by plants to survive flooding might contribute to future biotechnological improvements of rice varieties.
  • biotechnologist

  • noun ˌbʌɪəʊtɛkˈnɒlədʒɪstˌbaɪoʊtɛkˈnɑlədʒɪst
    • In the 1980s this was a pleasant seaside town where surfers, sailors and biotechnologists co-existed quite peacefully.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Russian biotechnologist Dr Slava Pavlovets founded Yorkshire Bioscience, in the York Science Park, earlier this year with the aim of developing kits to speed up the diagnosis of Sars and avian flu using DNA technology.
      • Two of the factors that have encouraged biotechnologists to enter the genetically engineered food and plant arena are the desire of consumers for better tasting foods and a preference for products grown using fewer pesticides.
      • With genetic engineering, biotechnologists take cells that were produced with normal reproduction methods and randomly insert foreign genetic material into them.
      • But by then, the biotechnologists will probably be growing spare limbs in the laboratory.
      • Since mapping the human genome three years ago, biotechnologists have raced to understand how genes react with diet to determine why some people develop osteoporosis, Alzheimer's, even cancer.
 
 

Definition of biotechnology in US English:

biotechnology

nounˌbaɪoʊtɛkˈnɑlədʒiˌbīōtekˈnäləjē
  • The exploitation of biological processes for industrial and other purposes, especially the genetic manipulation of microorganisms for the production of antibiotics, hormones, etc.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • None of the supposed problems raised in the biotech debate were either substantial or specific to biotechnology.
    • Advances in biotechnology and genetic engineering are making it easier to manufacture and handle other agents.
    • The rapid evolution of biotechnology often outpaces our ability to question the progress.
    • Fundamental to his belief is tremendous growth potential for biotechnology.
    • All new industries have growing pains but few face the challenges of biotechnology.
    • The money is to be given to projects ranging from biotechnology and semiconductors to the creative industries and oil and gas.
    • Since then he has worked in a variety of areas ranging from mechanical engineering, biotechnology and materials.
    • It lays at the bottom of a great deal of the general disquiet regarding the age of biotechnology.
    • The same can be said about a new survey of attitudes to biotechnology and genetically modified foods.
    • India has very good research groups and industries are coming in to invest in biotechnology.
    • The use of enzymes to tenderize meat sounds like a product of modern biotechnology, but is an ancient technique.
    • Doesn't this new product prove that biotechnology can be used for good purposes?
    • As you can see, biotechnology is a growth industry no student can afford to ignore.
    • In the case of biotechnology, markets had to emerge to justify the products.
    • Out of the knowledge acquired by modern biology, modern biotechnology is growing.
 
 
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