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
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。
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。
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。
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- He was the progenitor of a family of distinguished actors.
他是一个著名演艺世家的先辈。
- He was the progenitor of a family of distinguished actors.
- 创始人；先驱
a person who starts an idea or a development- the progenitors of modern art
现代艺术的先驱
- the progenitors of modern art
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 祖先
Aprogenitorof someone is a direct ancestor of theirs.- He was also a progenitor of seven presidents of Nicaragua.
他也是尼加拉瓜7任总统的祖先。
- He was also a progenitor of seven presidents of Nicaragua.
- N-COUNT 创始人；鼻祖
Theprogenitorof an idea or invention is the person who first thought of it.- ...Clive Sinclair, progenitor of the C5 electric car.
C5电动汽车的先驱克莱夫·辛克莱
- ...Clive Sinclair, progenitor of the C5 electric car.
英英释义
noun
- an ancestor in the direct line
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - Isolation, Culture and Identification of Rat Bone Marrow-Derived Endothelial Progenitor Cells
鼠骨髓源性内皮祖细胞的分离培养与鉴定 - Objective To investigate induction of endothelial progenitor cell ( EPC) from peripheral blood.
目的探索外周血内皮祖细胞的诱导培养方法。 - 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。 - 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。 - I asked for nonparenchymal progenitor cells!
我要的是软组织源细胞！ - The injection of endothelial progenitor cells is promising to become a novel approach for the treatment of cardio-cerebrovascular diseases.
注射内皮祖细胞有词望成为治疗心脑血管病的一种新手段。 - 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 - 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。