With a shortage of chromosomes, a developing fetus will likely grow into a child with down syndrome.
如果缺省染色体,一个处于成长阶段的胚胎可能发育成一个具有不良综合症的小孩。
疯狂英语 900 句 谈遗传学

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shortage ['ʃɔrtɪdʒ] 词频4 词根: short
n. 不足,缺点;缺少;缺少量;不足额;
💡 short短+age名词形式 → 不足,缺少
"There is an acute shortage of water."
水严重短缺。
近义:inadequacy, insufficiency, absence, lack, meagerness, need 反义:plenty, profusion, providing, provision, purveyance, refilling
likely ['laɪkli] 词频1
adj. 可能的;适合的;有希望的; adv. 可能;或许;大概;多半;
💡 like可能 + ly...的\/地 → a.可能的 ad.很可能
"Rice flour makes the cake less likely to crumble."
这种糕饼用米粉做不那么容易碎。
近义:inclined, apt, liable, ostensible, plausible, possible 反义:imaginary, implausible, improbable, unbelievable, uncertain, utopical
developing [di'veləpiŋ]
adj. 发展中的;显色;开发;显像;
"The child is developing normally."
这孩子发育正常。
近义:underdeveloped, undeveloped, emergent 反义:matured, progressive, civil, civilised, civilized, advanced
fetus ['fi:təs]
n. 胎,胎儿;
"No one knows why a fetus is not automatically rejected by the mother's immune system."
没有人知道为什么母亲的免疫系统不会自动排斥胎儿。
近义:embryo, foetus
grow [ɡro] 词频1 词根: gr-
vt. 种植;扩大;扩展;增加; vi. 生长;渐渐变得;逐渐开始; vt.& vi. (使)留长,蓄长;
"He has decided to grow a beard and a moustache."
他已经决定留起络腮胡子和髭。
近义:proliferate, propagate, breed, upsize, expand, increase 反义:shrink, lessen, attenuate, reduce, remit, slacken

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