Usage examples of "ancestors" in English with translation to Russian

Select source language

Select target language

Translations: all243 предок231 пращур1 other translations11

The "ancestors" of ordinary cells, they can replenish themselves indefinitely. Являясь "прародителями" обычных клеток, он могут неограниченно пополнять сам себя.

the idea that humans evolved from primate ancestors who dwelt in watery habitats. предположения, что люди произошли от приматов, которые обитали в водных ареалах.

Great grandfathers, grand-uncles and all sorts of aunts, all my ancestors always behaved like complete pigs. Прадеды, прабабки, внучатые дяди, тети разные, Праотцы и праматери в жизни вели себя, как свиньи.

Now we're making Scottish tartans, as you can see on the left, to sell to all people of Scottish ancestors. Мы делаем шотландские пледы, как вы можете видеть слева, чтобы продавать потомкам шотландцев.

This is a trick that none of our ancestors could do, and that no other animal can do quite like we can. Такая возможность не снилась даже нашим предшественникам, что уж говорить про животных - никто из них на такое не способен.

According to historians, the Indonesian archipelago was first inhabited by the ancient human ancestors, pithecanthropus erectus, who migrated to Java Island and known as Java Man. Согласно историкам, Индонезийский архипелаг первоначально заселяли древние предшественники человека, pithecanthropus erectus, которые переселились на остров Ява и известны как явантропы.

(Incidentally, though, it could well be that the legend of the griffin was inspired by our ancestors finding fossilized specimens of Protoceratops, which had beaks resembling those of eagles.) (Вполне возможно, что легенда о грифоне родилась после того, как древние люди нашли окаменелые останки протоцератопсов, клювы которых напоминали орлиные.)

At the same time, though, we had to think about some old tools that our ancestors passed down to us – namely, how to think for the long term and how to work together. Но одновременно нам пришлось вспомнить и о тех старых технологиях, которые передали нам наши предшественники, а именно – как планировать на долгосрочную перспективу и как работать вместе.

If they then mixed with each other there, then those modern humans that became the ancestors of everyone outside Africa carried with them this Neanderthal component in their genome to the rest of the world. Если они скрещивались друг с другом там, тогда современные люди, которые стали предшественниками всех за пределами Африки передали этот Неандертальский компонент в составе их генома остальному миру.

It's about the primitive people of New Guinea today who believe that their ancestors were a race of giants who carried on a titanic war between good and evil when the world was created. В них говорится о первобытных людях, которые ранее населяли Новую Гвинею, и по народному преданию были расой гигантов, которые участвовали в кровопролитной войне между силами добра и Зла, когда создавался мир.

Until about 60 years ago, coelacanths, which are believed to have originated 400 million years ago from the same stock of fish that gave rise to the ancestors of land-dwelling four-legged animals, were thought to have been extinct for some 80 million years. Еще порядка 60 лет назад считалось, что латимерии (которые, как полагают, произошли 400 миллионов лет назад из того же рыбного стада, которое дало начало предшественникам наземных четвероногих животных), уже примерно 80 миллионов лет как вымерли.

Examples of word usage in different contexts are provided solely for linguistic purposes, i.e. to study word usage in a sentence in one language and how they can be translated into another. All samples are automatically collected from a variety of publicly available open sources using bilingual search technologies.
If you find a spelling, punctuation or any other error in the original or translation, use the "Report a problem" option or write to us.

What is translation in context on PROMT.One

The “Contexts” section on PROMT.One is your translation-in-context tool that helps you find real examples of how words and phrases are used. Just enter a word and the service will show its translation in context — sentences from bilingual sources where this word is used together with its translation into the target language. This helps you understand subtle shades of meaning and correct usage in speech, whether it is a rare term or a common everyday phrase.

Millions of usage examples from real texts

Millions of translation examples are collected automatically from already translated texts: documents, websites, books, movie dialogues and more. Thanks to this, you can see a word in different situations — from formal business style to everyday colloquial speech. For convenience, the results can be filtered by a specific translation or topic, and you can also search within the examples found to quickly focus on the context you need.

How translation in context helps you learn a language

By using the “Contexts” section, you can effectively expand your vocabulary. The service clearly shows how idioms, phrasal verbs and polysemantic words are translated in different contexts. This makes language learning easier: you remember new words together with their real usage and immediately see correct translations in authentic, living language. Take advantage of context-based translation on PROMT.One — learning a language becomes easier and more engaging!

PROMT Professional NMT

Try offline translator for your PC and laptop

Download

PROMT Master NMT

Accurate document translation

Download