1. The car's design is a throwback to the 1960s. 这种汽车的设计回到了20世纪60年代。
2. The hall is a throwback to another era with its old prints and stained glass. 这个大厅的古老图案和彩色玻璃是对一个过往时代风格的回归。
3. The description of any animal as an "evolutionary throwback" is controversial. 把任何动物描述为“进化倒退”，都是有争议的。
4. The technical term for an evolutionary throwback is an "atavism", from the Latin atavus, meaning forefather. “进化返祖”的专业术语是“atavism”，源自拉丁语的“atavus”，意为祖先。
5. Explorer Roy Chapman Andrews argued at the time that the whale must be a throwback to a land-living ancestor. 探险家罗伊·查普曼·安德鲁斯当时认为，鲸鱼一定是一种返祖的陆地生物。
