Gibberellic acid may also accentuate the trend toward maleness.是什么意思？

Gibberellic acid may also accentuate the trend toward maleness.

赤霉酸也可加强雄性的倾向.

acid

adj. 酸味的，尖刻的，酸的，酸性的；n. <化>酸，酸味物质；

例句
This comedy of contemporary manners is told with compassion and acid humour.
这部当代风尚喜剧杂糅了悲悯的情怀和尖酸的幽默。

May

aux. 可以，也许，会，但愿；n. [May]五月，山楂属植物，（五朔节装饰用的）绿枝花枝，（春天开花的）绣线菊属植物；

例句
The way that American history is taught may change in order to accommodate some more of those cultures.
美国历史的授课方式可能会为了照顾到更多的文化而作改变。

also

adv. 也，同样，并且；conj. 另外；

例句
The media have also abetted the feeling of unreality.
媒体也在一旁对这种非现实感推波助澜。

accentuate

vt. 强调，着重指出，重读，给…加上重音符号；

例句
Gibberellic acid may also accentuate the trend toward maleness.
赤霉酸也可加强雄性的倾向.

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

trend

n. 走向，趋向，时尚，时髦；vi. 倾向，趋势；

例句
As far as starting a family is concerned, the trend is for women having their children later in life.
在要孩子方面，目前的趋势是女性要孩子要得比较晚。

toward

prep. 对于，向，为了，接近；adj. 即将来到的，进行中的；

例句
Their permissiveness toward their children reflects the wild abandon of their own lives.
他们对孩子的放任折射出他们自身生活的放浪形骸。

maleness

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