mutates

英 [mjuːˈteɪts]

美 [ˈmjuːteɪts]

v.  (使)变异，突变; 转变; 转换
mutate的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)变异;(使)突变
  If an animal or plantmutates, or somethingmutatesit, it develops different characteristics as the result of a change in its genes.
  1. The virus mutates in the carrier's body...
     病毒会在携带者体内发生变异。
  2. A newer anti-HIV drug called pyridinone caused HIV to mutate into a form which could not reproduce or infect new cells...
     一种叫作吡啶酮的新型抗艾滋病药物能促使艾滋病毒变异，使其不能繁殖，也不会再感染新的细胞。
  3. The technique has been to mutate the genes by irradiation or chemicals...
     该技术是通过放射线照射或者使用化学方法使基因变异。
  4. He found evidence of mutated forms of the gene.
     他找到了该基因出现了变异形式的证据。
• VERB 变化;变成
  If somethingmutates intosomething different, it changes into that thing.
  1. Overnight, the gossip begins to mutate into headlines.
     一夜之间，传闻变成了报纸的头条新闻。

双语例句

• Health officials say it is conceivable because the virus does not exist in animals, it is stable and mutates little, and the vaccine is effective.
  卫生官员称，相信麻疹是可以根治的，因为该病毒是不能活于动物体内，而且很稳定，不易发生异变，而且疫苗也很有效果。
• Vaccine development is difficult because HIV mutates rapidly, is not expressed in all cells that are infected and is not completely cleared by the host immune response after primary infection.
  疫苗进展困难，因为病毒突变快速，且不表达在所有感染细胞上，原发感染后且不能被宿主免疫应答完全清除。
• As HIV mutates and comes up against different drugs, it learns to develop resistance against against other drugs in the same class.
  HIV针对不同的药物发生突变，产生对同类药物的耐药能力。
• The tip of the spike mutates continually, which means that flu vaccines must be redefined every year.
  这种刺突的尖端不断变异，这意味着流感疫苗必须每年重新修改。
• How did it happen virus mutates? At present, we have a vaccine can keep pace with the speed of variation?
  病毒变异是如何发生的？目前，我们拥有的疫苗能否跟得上变异的速度？
• The virus has killed about half of those infected and could spark a devastating human flu pandemic if it mutates to spread easily between people.
  如果它突变出容易在人与人之间传播的能力，这种病毒可能会引发灾难性的人类流感大流行。
• The virus mutates in the carrier's body
  病毒会在携带者体内发生变异。
• People familiar with the influenza virus mutates faster than even the development of influenza vaccine can not keep up the situation.
  人们熟知的流感病毒变异速度之快，甚至使流感疫苗的开发跟不上形势。
• So if one of the anticancer genes mutates, the cell it is in may reproduce more than it is supposed to.
  所以，如果其中一个抗癌基因发生突变，其所在细胞的繁殖规模就可能比正常情况下要大。
• HBV mutates frequently because of the unique HBV replication system, host immune pressure and other factors.
  由于HBV复制体系独特，在慢性感染者免疫压力等因素作用下，HBV经常发生突变。