| 单词 | eugenics |
| 释义 | eugenicsWord family adverbeugenicallynouneugenicseugenismeugenistadjectiveeugenic Birth eu·gen·ics /juːˈdʒenɪks/ noun [uncountableU] MBthe study of methods to improve the mental and physical abilities of the human race by choosing who should become parents – used to show disapproval 优生学；人种改良学〔含贬义〕 Examples from the Corpus eugenics• Neither Hogben nor Haldane had any objection to a biologically based eugenics programme enforced by the state in a classless society.• The medical profession was deeply divided over eugenics.• Ironically, some eugenics leaders were uneasy about their alliance because they felt it could compromise their then-respectable public image.• In the United States eugenics became almost completely discredited.• She wanted a child, so we signed up for the eugenics lottery.• By the late Thirties, eugenics was waning.• After the Second World War, eugenics was superseded by genetics and micro-biology. (1800-1900) Greek eugenes “well born”, from genes “born” |
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