Biotechnology is the use of living parts such as cells or bacteria in industry and technology.
英汉词典释义
n.
应用生物学, 生物技术
The college biology department has diversified by adding new courses in biotechnology.该学院生物系通过增加生物技术方面的新课程而变得多样化。The government decided to encourage industries based on biotechnology.政府決定鼓励发展以生物科技为基础的产业。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes;
"biotechnology produced genetically altered bacteria that solved the problem"
2. the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments