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单词 ethology
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ethology
noun[U]
uk/iːˈθɒl.ə.dʒi/us
/iːˈθɑː.lə.dʒi/
thescientificstudyof thebehaviourofanimalsintheirnaturalenvironment:
动物行为学
Thedocumentarywas about ethology, thestudyofanimalbehaviour, and about Konrad Lorenz, one of the field'sfounders.这部纪录片是关于动物行为学，即研究动物行为的学科，以及这一领域的创始人之一康拉德·洛伦兹的。
Thediscoveryandtranslationof the bee's "dance" is one of thegreatachievementsofmodernethology.发现并翻译蜜蜂的“舞蹈”是现代动物行为学的一个伟大成就。
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  • She writes about thepracticeof ethology,allowingscientiststostudyanimalbehaviourbyobservingthem innaturalsettings, asopposedtoconductingcontrolledexperimentsinlaboratories.
  • Scientistsworldwideseekout his publications on the ethology ofdeep-seacreatures.
  • He was akeyfigureindevelopingethology usingfieldobservationofanimalssuch ashoneybees,combinedwithingeniousexperiments.
  • Thescienceofanimalcommunicationcombinessemioticsand ethology.
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  • non-migrant
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  • nuzzle
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  • skitter
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(Definition ofethologyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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Arbitrary learning in a single trial is common inethology.
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In the end we must learn fromethologyand seek to relate our studies to observation of the natural behaviors of animals (and ourselves).
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From zoology andethology, we know that this behaviour is quite stereotyped and its variability is inscribed within known limits.
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Todayethologypresents a varied and contradictory face.
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The variation is not limited to man, and is of course one of the main concerns of comparativeethology.
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To explain this we must look at the history ofethology.
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In the postwar milieu, however, it was psychology, more thanethology, that was in search of legitimization as science.
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Description of typical development, prediction of persistent vocal delay, comparativeethology, and the evolution of the vocal capacity are described from the infrastructural perspective.
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The book should appeal to a wide audience in the fields of linguistics, psychology andethology.
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The translations have come fromethology, neuroscience, social psychology, personality, and developmental psychology.
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Can you say you moved fromethologyto ethnography, from mechanical things like hyena gnawing to more demanding patters of human behaviour?
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It can be said thatethologyhas come of age.
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Theory has had a rather odd history withinethology.
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Why does sociobiology see itself as different fromethology, ecology and human biology?
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The promises ofethologyhave been least fulfilled in work on development.
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