| 单词 | survival of the fittest |
| 释义 | > as lemmassurvival of the fittest b. absol.; esp. in survival of the fittest. ΘΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > suitable or appropriate [phrase] > well suited to conditions survival of the fittest1843 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. viii. 111 There is in every Nation and Community a fittest, a wisest, bravest, best. 1867 H. Spencer Princ. Biol. II. 53 By the continual survival of the fittest, such structures must become established. survival of the fittest b. survival of the fittest (Biology): a phrase used to describe the process of natural selection (natural selection n.), expressing the fact that those organisms which are best adapted to their environment continue to live and produce offspring, while those of the same or related species which are less adapted perish. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > evolution > [noun] > selection natural selection1842 selection1857 survival of the fittest1864 selection value1892 organic selection1896 post-selection1896 orthoselection1907 survival value1912 kin selection1964 r selection1967 1864 H. Spencer Princ. Biol. I. §164 This survival of the fittest, implies multiplication of the fittest. 1864 H. Spencer Princ. Biol. I. §165 This survival of the fittest..is that which Mr. Darwin has called ‘natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life’. 1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 843 The theory of descent explains intelligibly how plants have obtained their extraordinarily perfect adaptations for resisting the struggle for existence; this struggle has itself been the means of their obtaining them by the ‘Survival of the Fittest’. 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals 40 The result of the struggle for existence would be the survival of the fittest among an indefinite number of varieties. < as lemmas |
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