英语词汇“scala naturae”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	scala naturae
释义	‖ scala naturae, n.\|ˈskeɪlə næˈtjʊəriː, ˈskɑːlə næˈtjʊəraɪ\| [mod.L., lit. ‘ladder of nature’.] = scale of nature s.v. scale n.³ 5 a; the chain of being (chain n. 4 a). [1859Darwin Origin of Species v. 149 Beings low in the scale of nature are more variable than those which are higher.]1888Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 806/1 Lamarck represents most completely..the highwater mark of the popular but fallacious conception of a scala naturae.1972Science 2 June 986/3 The concept of evolution, at that period, still evoked in most naturalists the image of the scala naturae, the ladder of perfection.1983E. C. Minkoff Evolutionary Biol. iii. 50/2 Buffon's criticisms of Linnaeus were several. He objected especially to any arbitrary subdivision of nature, for he believed that the scala naturae was a continuum.
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