biological /ˌbaɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/ TEM4

• 1. 

  ADJ Biological is used to describe processes and states that occur in the bodies and cells of living things. 与生命过程和状态有关的

  例：

  The living organisms somehow concentrated the minerals by biological processes.

  活的有机物以某种方式随其生命过程聚集了矿物质。

• 2. 

  biologically ADV 与生命过程和状态有关地

  例：

  Much of our behaviour is biologically determined.

  我们的许多行为是由生命过程和状态所决定的。

• 3. 

  ADJ Biological is used to describe activities concerned with the study of living things. 生物学的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...all aspects of biological research associated with leprosy.

  …与麻风病有关的生物学研究的方方面面。

• 4. 

  ADJ Biological weapons and biological warfare involve the use of bacteria or other living organisms in order to attack human beings, animals, or plants. 生物性的 (武器、战争)

  例：

  Such a war could result in the use of chemical and biological weapons.

  这样一场战争可能导致生化武器的使用。

• 5. 

  ADJ Biological pest control is the use of bacteria or other living organisms in order to destroy other organisms which are harmful to plants or crops. (利用细菌或其他生物对有害生物进行) 生物控制的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...a consultant on biological control of agricultural pests.

  …一位农作物害虫生物防治顾问。

• 6. 

  ADJ A child's biological parents are the man and woman who caused him or her to be born, rather than other adults who raise him or her. (指父母亲) 生身的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...foster parents for young teenagers whose biological parents have rejected them.

  …被亲生父母抛弃的十几岁青少年的养父母们。