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procreate

英 [ˈprəʊkrieɪt]

美 [ˈproʊkrieɪt]

v.  繁殖; 生育; 生殖

现在分词:procreating 过去式:procreated 第三人称单数:procreates 过去分词:procreated 

GRE

BNC.44852 / COCA.29588

同义词辨析

breedmultiplyprocreate【导航词义:繁殖】

breedv. 繁殖
〔辨析〕
只限于指动物交配繁殖;也可指饲养、培育动植物。
〔例证〕
Some animals breed very fast.
一些动物繁殖速度非常快。
Many families in the town become rich after they began to breed cattle and pigs.
饲养牛和猪以后,镇上的很多家庭都致富了。
multiplyv. (使)繁殖
〔辨析〕
通常指动植物或微生物繁殖。
〔例证〕
Long-time exposure to the damp environment multiplies the bacteria in food rapidly.
长时间放置在潮湿的环境中使食物中的细菌迅速繁殖。
Rabbits multiply very fast.
兔子繁殖非常迅速。
procreatev. 〈正式〉生育,生殖
〔辨析〕
指人或动物繁育后代。
〔例证〕
They care about nothing except procreating.
他们关心的只是传宗接代。
Experts are doing research on animals' power to procreate their species.
专家正在研究动物繁衍后代的能力。

牛津词典

    verb

    • 繁殖;生育;生殖
      to produce children or baby animals

      柯林斯词典

      • VERB 生育;生殖
        When animals or peopleprocreate, they produce young or babies.
        1. Most young women feel a biological need to procreate.
          大多数的年轻妇女都有生儿育女的生理需要。

      英英释义

      verb

      • have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
        1. The Bible tells people to procreate
        Synonym:reproducemultiply

      双语例句

      • The comprehension and attitude about the sex in Achang society often mixed with the traditional idea of procreate.
        阿昌族社会对于“性”的认知和态度往往与传宗接代的生殖观念糅合在一起。
      • We can so far take a prophetic glance into futurity as to foretell that it will be the common and widely-spread species, belonging to the larger and dominant groups within each class, which will ultimately prevail and procreate new and dominant species.
        至今我们已可对未来投以先知性的一瞥,以至可以预告属于主要大群的普通而已广布的种将会优胜并产生新的主要的种。
      • Did you know that the domestic turkey is unable to procreate naturally?
        你们知道家养火鸡是不能自然繁殖的吗?
      • Why are young Japanese so loth to procreate?
        那么,为何日本的年轻人不愿意生育子女呢?
      • Such humans have multiplied and equate to60% of the current world population; such humans believe that the only purpose of life is to marry and procreate; or find preoccupations that entertain or make one wealthy.
        这类人繁殖到占目前世界人口的60%;这类人相信生活的唯一目的就是结婚生子、或找到可以娱乐或让人富有的职业。
      • Justice Guillermo Ortiz, who argued against the law, said "marriage is reserved exclusively for couples who can procreate, because one of the big issues of marriage is the protection of children."
        法官吉列尔莫。奥尔蒂斯,其反对这条法律辩解说,“婚姻是专为有生育能力的夫妇准备的,因为婚姻中最大的问题就是孩子的保护。”
      • The Grand Masters chose to procreate but did not perceive what this would cause ahead.
        最初的大头颅人类选择来(这样混血)繁衍后代,但是并没有觉察到会给未来带来什么。
      • Experiment results is cue, that drinking magnetized water could significance improve fertility or procreate ability of ribbits.
        结论:实验结果提示饮用磁处理水能显著提高家免的生殖能力。
      • This is not entirely true, as some humans are gifted in many ways, but genetics is likely to emphasize one skill or the other as this sufficed to get the specimen to live long enough to procreate.
        但这不完全正确,因为有些人在很多方面具有天赋,但基因有可能强调某一方面的技能,因为这样足以获得样本,并活到生育子女。
      • If anyone'll procreate with you, which I doubt.
        我在怀疑还有没有人愿意替你生孩子。