atavistic
atavistic[ˌatəˈvɪstɪk]adjective- relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral
返祖性的;回复到远祖的
atavistic fears and instincts.
原始的恐惧和本能。
派生atavismnounatavisticallyadverb语源- late 19th cent.: based on Latin atavus 'forefather' + the adjectival suffix -istic
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