"mutate" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 突變
• 變異

Definition

指改變形式或本質，特別是透過基因發生變化。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

多用於生物學和遺傳學，常搭配“變成”、“迅速突變”。一般情形下請用“改變”而不是“mutate”。

Examples

Some viruses can mutate quickly to survive.

有些病毒能很快**突變**以生存。

Genes can mutate over time.

基因會隨著時間**突變**。

The bacteria began to mutate in the new environment.

細菌在新環境下開始**突變**。

If the virus keeps spreading, it could mutate into something more dangerous.

如果病毒繼續傳播，可能會**突變**成更危險的東西。

Scientists watch how organisms mutate to understand evolution.

科學家觀察生物如何**突變**以瞭解進化。

Nobody expected the disease to mutate so rapidly last year.

沒有人想到去年這種疾病會**突變**得那麼快。