English Dictionary

missing link

名詞

口語 比喩的用法

(colloquial) A hypothetical primate once thought necessary to explain a perceived evolutionary gap between apes and humans. / (figuratively) Any sought-after or valuable intermediary figure or position.

日本語の意味

（口語）類人猿と人間の進化の間にあったと仮定された中間の霊長類（進化の過程における中間体） / （比喩的）求められている、または価値のある仲介的存在や役割

In Victorian tabloids, every strange skull was hailed as the missing link between apes and humans.

ヴィクトリア朝のタブロイド紙では、どんな奇妙な頭蓋骨も類人猿と人類の間の仮説上の中間種だと大げさに報じられた。

意味（1）

(colloquial) A hypothetical primate once thought necessary to explain a perceived evolutionary gap between apes and humans.

In the latter case, he may well approximate to what the vulgar have called the 'missing link'.

意味（2）

(figuratively) Any sought-after or valuable intermediary figure or position.

What we need is an artist who is also a scientist; or a scientist who thinks like an artist. And at last I can unveil that missing link of art and science!

missing links （ plural ）