atavism

1. Xiong Bite explains imperialism from sociological viewpoint, he thinks imperialism is the atavism in structure of a kind of society.
   熊彼特从社会学的观点来解释帝国主义，他认为帝国主义是一种社会结构中的返祖现象。
2. Of course a tramp is not a nomadic atavism& one might as well say that a commercial traveller is an atavism.
   流浪汉当然不是游牧性格的隔代遗传现象&还不如说旅行推销员是隔代遗传的呢。
3. An individual or a part that exhibits atavism. Occurs when a FormSet, Form, or Page object becomes active or when a ToolBar object is shown.
   返祖体表现出返祖现象的个体或部分当窗体集、窗体或页对象激活时，或者显示工具栏对象时发生。
4. Atavism must be counteracted by the powers of the mind, and reaction is a form of atavism.
   返祖必将受到思维能力的阻碍，而复古恰恰是返祖的一种形式。
5. They are explainable as a species of mental atavism.
   这些都可以解释为一种精神的返祖现象。
6. Such an atavism is the consequence of the principles of economy in human thinking and sociocultural psychology as well as the internal selective mechanism of human language.
   这种返祖现象的语言学成因，除语言内部选择机制的作用外，还有思维经济原则和社会文化心理的作用。
7. Now we are not sure that he has atavism, because such a diagnosis needs more high-tech inspection.
   目前还不能肯定陈聪华是一种返祖现象，需要利用高科技手段对其进行进一步的诊断。
8. The "Atavism" in the Contemporary Chinese Vocabulary
   当代汉语词汇中的返祖现象

noun

1. a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

   Synonym:    reversionthrowback