An adjective from biology: describing a living thing that carries a gene moved into it from a different kind of living thing. A tomato given a gene from a fish, a mouse carrying a piece of human DNA so that scientists can study a disease, rice given a gene that makes it produce vitamin A — all transgenic.

An adjective from biology這是生物學裡的一個形容詞：describing a living thing形容一個生物體 that carries a gene moved into it體內帶有被移進來的基因 from a different kind of living thing從另一種不同的生物。A tomato given a gene from a fish一顆被植入魚類基因的番茄, a mouse carrying a piece of human DNA一隻帶有一段人類DNA的老鼠 so that scientists can study a disease以便科學家研究疾病, rice given a gene一種被植入基因的稻米 that makes it produce vitamin A能讓它產生維生素A — all全部都是 transgenictransgenic（基因轉殖）的。

The key idea is 'across a species line': the gene did not come from a relative you could have bred with normally, it was carried over from somewhere else.

The key idea is關鍵概念是 'across a species line''跨越物種界線'：the gene did not come from a relative you could have bred with normally這個基因不是來自你原本可以正常配種的近親，it was carried over from somewhere else而是從別的地方搬過來的。

It is a technical word — you meet it in science classes, research papers, food-safety rules, and news stories about farming — and it is not used loosely in daily talk.

It is a technical word這是一個技術性的字——you meet it你會遇到它 in science classes在科學課, research papers研究論文, food-safety rules食品安全法規, and還有 news stories about farming關於農業的新聞裡——and而且 it is not used loosely in daily talk日常對話裡不會隨便使用。

In everyday conversation people say 'GM' or 'genetically modified' instead, and those two are wider: any lab change to the genes counts as GM, even just switching a gene off, while 'transgenic' specifically means a gene was brought IN from another species. So every transgenic organism is GM, but not every GM organism is transgenic. Journalists mix them up constantly, which is worth knowing when you read.

In everyday conversation日常對話裡 people say 'GM' or 'genetically modified' instead人們會改講'GM'或'genetically modified'，and而 those two are wider這兩個詞的範圍更廣：any lab change to the genes counts as GM只要是實驗室對基因做的改變都算GM，even just switching a gene off就算只是把一個基因關掉也算，while而 'transgenic' specifically means'transgenic'則specifically指的是 a gene was brought IN from another species有基因從另一個物種被帶進來。So所以 every transgenic organism is GM每一個transgenic的生物都是GM，but但 not every GM organism is transgenic不是每一個GM生物都是transgenic。Journalists mix them up constantly記者常常把這兩個字搞混，which is worth knowing when you read這點在你閱讀的時候值得知道。