survival of the fittest

英 [səˈvaɪvl ɒv ðə ˈfɪtɪst]

美 [sərˈvaɪvl əv ðə ˈfɪtəst]

n.  适者生存

英英释义

noun

• a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
  Synonym:survivalnatural selectionselection

双语例句

• The rule of "Survival of the fittest" and the protection of ethnic traditional culture
  优胜劣汰法则与少数民族传统文化保护
• The "survival of the fittest" was the key to the constant change in species.
  “适者生存”是物种不断变化的关键。
• Life in the old West was often a case of the survival of the fittest.
  从前美国西部的生活往往是遵循适者生存的原则。
• Lily: I got it, the survival of the fittest.
  我明白了。适者生存嘛。
• He mistakenly ascribes the expression 'survival of the fittest' to Charles Darwin.
  他错误地认为“适者生存”是查尔斯·达尔文说的。
• Isn't our business about the survival of the fittest?
  我们的生意不就是最好的生存吗？
• The concept, drawing from evolution, espouses the philosophy of survival of the fittest.
  从进化角度来看，这一概念奉行“适者生存”的哲学。
• "Survival of the fittest" was not Darwin's phrase, but Herbert Spencer's and that of Social Darwinists who used Darwin to justify their wished-for superiority of different classes and races.
  “（最）适者生存”并不是达尔文的话，而是赫伯特·斯宾塞和那些利用达尔文来证明他们所鼓吹的阶级和种族优越论的人们所说的。
• This topic generally reminds us of a saying: "survival of the fittest".
  看到这个话题，我们会很自然地想到“优胜劣汰，适者生存”的格言。
• Both documents challenge the notion of a dog-eat-dog society, where survival of the fittest reigns.
  两份文书都对适者生存的弱肉强食社会观念提出挑战。