1. ADJ A recessive gene produces a particular characteristic only if a person has two of these genes, one from each parent. Compare . (基因)隱性的[技術(shù)] [usu ADJ n]

Sickle-cell anaemia is passed on through a recessive gene. 鐮狀細(xì)胞貧血通過(guò)隱性基因遺傳給后代。