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atavisms
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返祖现象, 祖先特征
an ancestral or ancient trait, feeling, outlook, activity, etc. that modern humans revert to
- The sudden aggression he displayed seemed like an atavism from a primal past.
他表现出的突然攻击性似乎像是原始过去的返祖现象。
- Her love for hunting felt like an atavism, connecting her to ancient ancestors.
她对狩猎的热爱感觉像是一种返祖现象，将她与远古祖先联系在一起。
- His fear of the dark felt like an atavism, a remnant of early human survival instincts.
他对黑暗的恐惧感觉像是一种返祖现象，是早期人类生存本能的残余。
- The villagers practiced an atavism, celebrating ancient customs long forgotten elsewhere.
村民们践行了一种返祖现象，庆祝在其他地方早已被遗忘的古老习俗。
- The child’s instinct to climb trees seemed like an atavism from our evolutionary history.
孩子爬树的直觉似乎是我们进化史上的返祖现象。