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progenitor

英 [prəʊˈdʒenɪtə(r)]

美 [proʊˈdʒenɪtər]

n.  (人或动、植物等的)祖先,祖代; 创始人; 先驱

复数:progenitors 

TOEFLGRE医学

BNC.22221 / COCA.19980

同义词辨析

ancestorforefatherprogenitor【导航词义:祖先】

ancestorn. 祖先,祖宗
〔辨析〕
用在谱系或历史书中,强调带有父系或母系嫡系血缘关系,是比祖父母更早的家族成员,无性别之分,女性祖先则常用 ancestress。
〔例证〕
His ancestors came from France.
他的先祖来自法国。
My ancestors have lived on this farm for many generations.
我的祖先已在这个农场生活了好几代。
forefathern. (尤指男性的)祖先,祖宗
〔辨析〕
主要用于正式文体或文学作品,较少用于日常生活或历史书中。
〔例证〕
Our forefathers were the first to invent gunpowder.
我们的祖先最先发明了火药。
progenitorn. 〈正式〉(人或动物的)祖先;先驱
〔辨析〕
不强调血缘关系,也不带家族或种族色彩,只强调遗传性;还可引申指某种观念等的创始者。
〔例证〕
You must do much better than your progenitors.
你一定要比你祖先做得更好。
He is a progenitor of cubism.
他是立体派的创始人。

牛津词典

    noun

    • (人或动、植物等的)祖先,祖代
      a person or thing from the past that a person, animal or plant that is alive now is related to
      1. He was the progenitor of a family of distinguished actors.
        他是一个著名演艺世家的先辈。
    • 创始人;先驱
      a person who starts an idea or a development
      1. the progenitors of modern art
        现代艺术的先驱

    柯林斯词典

    • N-COUNT 祖先
      Aprogenitorof someone is a direct ancestor of theirs.
      1. He was also a progenitor of seven presidents of Nicaragua.
        他也是尼加拉瓜7任总统的祖先。
    • N-COUNT 创始人;鼻祖
      Theprogenitorof an idea or invention is the person who first thought of it.
      1. ...Clive Sinclair, progenitor of the C5 electric car.
        C5电动汽车的先驱克莱夫·辛克莱

    英英释义

    noun

    双语例句

    • Together these genes coordinate the complex changes needed to induce progenitor cells to differentiate into B lymphocytes.
      这些基因相互协调,共同完成诱导祖细胞向B淋巴细胞分化的复杂变化。
    • Mutagenic Action of Hematopoietic Stem/ Progenitor Cells from Human Umbilical Cord Blood in Nude Mice
      人脐血造血干/祖细胞对裸鼠的致突变作用
    • Objective To investigate the proliferation and differentiation of neuronal progenitor cells in the rat brain after cerebral ischemia.
      目的研究成年大鼠脑梗死后原位神经干细胞的增殖和分化。
    • Bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells ( EPC) improve vascular function and predict cardiovascular risk.
      骨髓来源的内皮祖细胞改善内皮功能,并且能预测心血管风险。
    • Culture and Magnetically Labeling of Endothelial Progenitor Cells from Mouse Bone Marrow
      小鼠骨髓内皮祖细胞培养及磁标记研究
    • The Effect of 3,4-Dihydroxyacetophenone on Endothelial Progenitor Cells
      青心酮对内皮祖细胞数量和功能的影响
    • Current efforts focus on the application of stem and progenitor cells, bioactive factors and biomaterial scaffolds in transplantation procedures to affect regenerative therapies.
      当前工作的重点上,干细胞和祖细胞,生物活性因子和生物材料支架移植程序,影响再生疗法的应用。
    • BDNF treatment could not, however, further stimulate progenitor cell recruitment to the cortex.
      但是,BDNF不能更进一步地刺激祖细胞补充到皮质。
    • Effects of homocysteine on proliferation, adhesion and apoptosis of endothelial progenitor cells
      同型半胱氨酸对内皮祖细胞增殖黏附和凋亡的影响
    • His laboratory studies the biology of cardiovascular stem and progenitor cells, with a focus on how cell metabolism may direct the differentiation and self-renewal of regenerative cells.
      他的实验室研究心血管疾病干细胞和祖细胞生物学并且致力于细胞的新陈代谢可能决定再生细胞的分化与自我更新。