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- Genetics relating to or denoting heritable characteristics controlled by genes which are expressed in offspring only when inherited from both parents, i.e. when not masked by a dominant characteristic inherited from one parent【遗传】隐性的。常与DOMINANT相对。
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- Linguistics tending to fall into disuse【语言学】易废弃不用的。
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- undergoing an economic recession经济萧条的:
the recessive housing market.
萧条的住宅市场。
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- Phonetics (of the stress on a word or phrase) tending to fall on the first syllable【语音】(词或短语重音)逆行的, 易移至词首音节的。
- Genetics a recessive trait or gene【遗传】隐性性状; 隐性基因。
派生词
recessively
adverbrecessiveness
nounrecessivity
noun词源
late 17th cent.: from RECESS, on the pattern of excessive.