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单词 mutualism
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Definition of mutualism in English:

mutualism

noun ˈmjuːtʃʊəlɪz(ə)mˈmjutʃuəˌlɪzəm
mass noun
  • 1The doctrine that mutual dependence is necessary to social well-being.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This alternative standard resided in a skilled worker's competence and the mutualism of workplace and union and sanctioned both moderate drinking and a degree of roughness.
    • Exploitation should be replaced by the mutualism of free producers helping each other and aided by free credit.
    • The mutualism and fair-mindedness of the sportsman and union man went hand-in-hand.
    • It is significant that immigrants invariably chose Irish Catholic friends to act as sponsors where immediate relatives were unavailable, thereby placing these fictive ties on the same level as familial mutualism.
    • Clearly fraternal mutualism was effective for meeting some of the economic needs for many non-whites and poorer members of American society.
    • It is a case of mutualism, says Rick Daley, the museum's executive director.
    • Israeli credit cooperatives are a likely population to generate ideological mutualism for the coops.
    • The closest thing he was capable of was mutualism and even that was a stretch and a rarity.
    • The federal government likes to talk about reciprocal obligation and mutualism.
    • Idealists believe that they represent the new face of mutualism - a modern form for the ideals of the co-operative movement - while there were those who argued for the benefits of putting local people in control of their hospitals.
    • The euro does nothing to foster that mutualism.
  • 2Biology
    Symbiosis which is beneficial to both organisms involved.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • One of the best-known forms of mutualism involves insects that pollinate a host plant, then deposit offspring that will ultimately consume many of the seeds.
    • This suggests that the relationship is one of mutualism.
    • There are numerous other examples of symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism and parasitism between ray-finned fishes and other groups.
    • The presence of a commensal parasite that can display mutualism within a clade of known pathogens suggests dynamic evolutionary interactions.
    • The fungus and alga of the lichen enjoy the symbiotic relationship of mutualism, each giving the other something that is required.

Derivatives

  • mutualist

  • adjective & noun
    • Which factors favor the evolution of mutualists?
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Much work is needed before we can reach some safe conclusions on how, why, and when symbionts such as bacteria act as pathogens or mutualists.
      • Finally, there are costs associated with the loss of evolutionary flexibility, particularly in organisms or lineages obligately dependent upon mutualists.
      • That individual directors instigated or were party to the merger brings into question whether they at any stage properly understood mutualism or were genuinely committed to mutualist principles.
      • Are the costs of rewarding mutualists that provide different kinds of services really as divergent as these figures seem to indicate?
  • mutualistic

  • adjective mjuːtʃʊəˈlɪstɪk
    • Additionally, many of the collaborations were mutualistic, and therefore the continuation of the innovation was of benefit to many.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They did, however, readily cooperate in a simpler mutualistic situation in which there was no temptation to cheat.
      • Virtually all the plants in temperate grassland form mutualistic associations with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
      • While there may be many mutualistic relationships between plants and animals, often plants are more the victims rather than the beneficiaries of the relationship.
      • In the ocean, both coral and deep-sea vent communities are rich with mutualisms; coral itself is the product of a mutualistic symbiosis.
  • mutualistically

  • adverb mjuːtʃʊəˈlɪstɪk(ə)li
    • Have a great productive life plan; think outside of the box; do something great for Earth's environment; dwell bioethically and mutualistically within human diversity and in the rest of biodiversity.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They acquired it very anciently by taking in a respiring bacterium as an endosymbiont (an organism living mutualistically within another organism).
      • Like mycorrhizae, endophytic fungi are thought to interact mutualistically with their host plants mainly by increasing host resistance to herbivores and have been termed ‘acquired plant defenses’.
      • The majority of viruses, however, live symbiotically or mutualistically with their hosts, causing no harm.
      • These ‘epiparasites’ are only indirectly connected to surrounding trees, which are the ultimate source of their carbon; their proximal hosts are fungi that are mutualistically associated with the trees.
 
 

Definition of mutualism in US English:

mutualism

nounˈmyo͞oCHo͞oəˌlizəmˈmjutʃuəˌlɪzəm
  • 1The doctrine that mutual dependence is necessary to social well-being.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Clearly fraternal mutualism was effective for meeting some of the economic needs for many non-whites and poorer members of American society.
    • The federal government likes to talk about reciprocal obligation and mutualism.
    • It is a case of mutualism, says Rick Daley, the museum's executive director.
    • This alternative standard resided in a skilled worker's competence and the mutualism of workplace and union and sanctioned both moderate drinking and a degree of roughness.
    • Exploitation should be replaced by the mutualism of free producers helping each other and aided by free credit.
    • The mutualism and fair-mindedness of the sportsman and union man went hand-in-hand.
    • Idealists believe that they represent the new face of mutualism - a modern form for the ideals of the co-operative movement - while there were those who argued for the benefits of putting local people in control of their hospitals.
    • It is significant that immigrants invariably chose Irish Catholic friends to act as sponsors where immediate relatives were unavailable, thereby placing these fictive ties on the same level as familial mutualism.
    • Israeli credit cooperatives are a likely population to generate ideological mutualism for the coops.
    • The euro does nothing to foster that mutualism.
    • The closest thing he was capable of was mutualism and even that was a stretch and a rarity.
    1. 1.1Biology Symbiosis that is beneficial to both organisms involved.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • One of the best-known forms of mutualism involves insects that pollinate a host plant, then deposit offspring that will ultimately consume many of the seeds.
      • The fungus and alga of the lichen enjoy the symbiotic relationship of mutualism, each giving the other something that is required.
      • This suggests that the relationship is one of mutualism.
      • The presence of a commensal parasite that can display mutualism within a clade of known pathogens suggests dynamic evolutionary interactions.
      • There are numerous other examples of symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism and parasitism between ray-finned fishes and other groups.
 
 
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