"atavistic" 怎么发音

word

US

ˈætəvɪstɪk

AT-uh-VIS-tik

UK

ˌætɐvˈɪstɪk

at-uh-VIS-tik

释义

If something is atavistic, it relates to or suggests qualities from a very early time in human history, or it reappears after many generations, as if returning to an ancestral state.

IPA 音标

美式英语

ˈætəvɪstɪk

英式英语

ˌætɐvˈɪstɪk

简化发音

美式

AT-uh-VIS-tik

英式

at-uh-VIS-tik

语境中听

Some people believe that war is an atavistic part of human nature.

His atavistic tendencies made him act without thinking.

The painting showed atavistic symbols from ancient myths.

His fear of the dark felt strangely atavistic, like something from our distant past.