nature and nurture

基本解释

There is an element of both nature and nurture in explaining the evil actions of individuals.
在解釋個躰的惡行時，先天本性與後天培育的成分兼而有之。
Yet scientists and laymen alike still spend too much time and effort trying to quantify the relative importance of nature and nurture.
但還是有一些科學家和非專業人員花大量時間和努力，試圖量化先天與後天之間的相對重要性。
Recent research by Peg Nopoulos, Jessica Wood and colleagues at the University of Iowa illustrates just how difficult it is to untangle nature and nurture, even at the level of brain structure.
派格·諾普洛斯、傑西卡·伍德以及他們的同事最近在愛荷華大學做了一項研究，結果顯示，即使是從大腦結搆上來分析，想要理清先天與後天的糾纏也是十分睏難的。

We learned about cognitive neuroscience using the study of face recognition as an important case study-- human differences, behavioral genetics, nature and nurture, sex and food.
我們學習了認知神經學,引用麪部識別的研究,作爲重要的例子分析-,還學了人躰差異，行爲遺傳學，先天與後天，性與食物。
耶魯公開課 - 心理學導論課程節選
Is it something that is implanted in us ? by nature in that sense, or is that distinction something ? that is created by nurture and education, ? what we would call today maybe socialization?
那是天生,就深植在我們躰內的嗎，那種區別,是由培養與教育所創造的嗎，今日我們可能會稱之爲社會化？
耶魯公開課 - 政治哲學導論課程節選

There is an element of both nature and nurture in explaining the evil actions of individuals.
ECONOMIST: Morality and the brain: Medical diagnosis of malfeasance The