t is in someone's genes 某人与其父母的性格或职业选择很相似

时间：2021-09-03 05:42:41

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我们用短语 'it is in someone's genes¹' 来形容某人与其父母的性格或职业选择很相似。

例句

I love motor racing². The love of speed is in my genes. My father was an ambulance driver.

Ann is very ambitious. She can't help it, it's in her genes. Her parents arrived in this country penniless and now are big industrialists³.

请注意

单词 'genealogy⁴' 的意思是家谱学、宗谱学。

I became interested in genealogy after my mother told me that her grandfather was a pirate.

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1 genes
n.基因( gene的名词复数 )
参考例句：
You have good genes from your parents, so you should live a long time. 你从父母那儿获得优良的基因，所以能够活得很长。来自《简明英汉词典》 Differences will help to reveal the functions of the genes. 它们间的差异将会帮助我们揭开基因多种功能。来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 生物技术的世纪

2 racing
n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的
参考例句：
I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。 The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

3 industrialists
n.工业家，实业家( industrialist的名词复数 )
参考例句：
This deal will offer major benefits to industrialists and investors. 这笔交易将会让实业家和投资者受益匪浅。来自《简明英汉词典》 The government has set up a committee of industrialists and academics to advise it. 政府已成立了一个实业家和学者的委员会来为其提供建议。来自《简明英汉词典》

4 genealogy
n.家系，宗谱
参考例句：
He had sat and repeated his family's genealogy to her,twenty minutes of nonstop names.他坐下又给她细数了一遍他家族的家谱，20分钟内说出了一连串的名字。 He was proficient in all questions of genealogy.他非常精通所有家谱的问题。