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单词 left-handedness
释义
left-handedness
noun[U]
uk
/ˌleftˈhæn.dɪd.nəs/us
/ˌleftˈhæn.dɪd.nəs/
thefactof usingyourlefthandto write and do most things:
左撇子（状态）
Left-handedness islargelyhereditary.左撇子大部分是遗传的。
Hestruggledtoplaytheguitarbecause of his left-handedness.他因为是左撇子，弹吉他有困难。
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  • Left-handedness, which isdeterminedbygeneticmakeup,occursin about 8-9percentof thepopulation.
  • Left-handedness -slightlymorecommonin men than women - isthoughtto bedeterminedbyourgenes, with someenvironmentalinfluences.
  • Left-handedness must have someadvantagesattachedto it or it wouldn'tsurvivein theevolutionarysense.
  • Newresearchonchimpanzeesindicatesleft-handedness has more to do withmotorskillsthan with thelanguagepartof thebrainas had beenthought.
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(Definition ofleft-handednessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofleft-handedness

left-handedness
However, we feel that the treatment ofleft-handedness, with its implications for his theory, has yet to be fully developed.
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But the specialization of one forelimb leading to right- orleft-handednessis better viewed as the result of natural selection.
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Thus, mixed- andleft-handednesshave to be explained as well as right-handedness.
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So, for example,left-handednesshas different connotations in different societies, just as ageing bodies have different connotations in different institutional contexts.
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Perhaps more important, when the collective data are pooled in wild chimpanzees, the ratio of right- toleft-handednessis about 2:1, a value approximating the distribution in captive chimpanzees.
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Even at sport, whereleft-handednesscan be a distinct advantage, schools can penalise us lefties.
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Despite all that, teacher training guidelines contain no specific reference toleft-handedness.
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There is subsequently a difficulty—which will not apply toleft-handedness—in defining various special educational needs.
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Thirdly and most important, the teacher training syllabus should includeleft-handedness.
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Only if teachers are encouraged to recogniseleft-handednessearly will that be prevented.
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I accept that there has been prejudice and discrimination against left-handed people, and a feeling thatleft-handednesswas wrong and unacceptable.
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There is a staggering lack of official information onleft-handedness, which has led to much ignorance in the educational establishment.
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I think thatleft-handednessis an issue of equal opportunity.
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It even claims thatleft-handednesswas the dominant condition south of the equator, and that it was related to sun worship and domination by various civilisations.
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The explanation ofleft-handednessis simple.
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