They are explainable as a species of mental atavism.

这些都可以解释为一种精神的返祖现象。

Atavism must be counteracted by the powers of the mind, and reaction is a form of atavism .

返祖必将受到思维能力的阻碍，而复古恰恰是返祖的一种形式。

Now we are not sure that he has atavism , because such a diagnosis needs more high-tech inspection.

目前还不能肯定陈聪华是一种返祖现象，需要利用高科技手段对其进行进一步的诊断。

Of course a tramp is not a nomadic atavism-one might as well say that a commercial traveller is an atavism.

流浪汉当然不是游牧性格的隔代遗传现象——还不如说旅行推销员是隔代遗传的呢。

One striking example of an atavism is the human coccyx, or tailbone, which is a relic of the mammalian tail.

关于返祖的一个有力例证就是人类的尾骨，它是哺乳动物尾巴的遗留物。