late 14c., "action of folding back," also "legal reply (third step in the pleadings in a common-law action), rejoinder," from Anglo-French replicacioun, Old French replicacion "reply, answer," from Latin replicationem (nominative replicatio) "a reply, repetition, a folding back," from past participle stem of replicare "to repeat, reply," literally "to fold back" (see reply (v.)). Meaning "a copy, reproduction" first recorded 1690s. Sense in genetics is from 1948.
权威例句
1. The process of replication is very quick and efficient.
复制的过程快捷、高效。
2. Replication is necessary because site conditions are always somewhat variable.
重复是必须的,因为立地条件常常有些变化.
3. In vitro analysis must be complemented by studies of the virus replication cycle in plants.
体外的分析必须辅之以植物体内病毒复制周期的研究.
4. Viral replication can be blocked by antiviral drugs that disrupt DNA.
通过抗病毒药物破坏DNA来抑制病毒的复制.
5. A protease is key to the replication of the virus.