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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

    • 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
    • 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。
    • Research of Differential Inhibition, Autophagy and Transdifferentiation in Glioma Stem/ Progenitor Cells
      胶质瘤干祖细胞分化抑制、自噬活性与转分化的研究
    • 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
    • Content The text describes the biological characteristics of EPCs, summarizes the application of endothelial progenitor cell transplantation and discusses potential mechanisms of EPCs.
      内容描述了内皮祖细胞的生物学特性;总结了内皮祖细胞移植治疗的应用现状;探讨了内皮祖细胞可能的作用机制。
    • 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。
    • EPO could improve hemoglobin probably by taking effect on late erythroid progenitor cells and their later stage cells.
      EPO可能作用于早产儿的红系晚期造血祖细胞及其以后阶段,进而使血红蛋白升高。
    • Advance on the relation of circulating endothelial cells endothelial progenitor cells and cancer
      循环内皮细胞、内皮祖细胞与肿瘤关系的研究进展
    • Comparison of revascularization of bone marrow mononuclear cells and endothelial progenitor cells transplantation
      骨髓单个核细胞和骨髓源内皮祖细胞移植促进血流重建的比较研究
    • Three Hox genes could be involved in the increased proliferation of the progenitor cells.
      在祖细胞增殖能力增强过程中涉及三个Hox基因。