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
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。
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。
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。
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.- 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。
- Most young women feel a biological need to procreate.
英英释义
verb
- have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
- The Bible tells people to procreate
双语例句
- Though young urban couples seem more rational in their family choices, the strong influence of the elder generation could help cities encouraging local residents to procreate.
尽管年轻的城市父母似乎在他们的家庭选择方面更加理智，但是老一辈人的强烈影响可能有助于城市鼓励当地居民生育。 - 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。 - Menopause syndrome is a common disease which occurs during the interim from procreate phase to agedness phase.
更年期综合征为妇女由生育期向老年阶段过渡时期的常见病、多发病。 - The right of procreation is a right conferred by law to the married people and other women to decide whether to procreate and how to procreate.
生育权是已婚夫妻和其他妇女依法所享有的决定是否生育以及如何生育子女的人身权。 - While priests were denied the right to marry and procreate, he said, their situation would remain impossible.
他说，只要牧师仍被剥夺结婚生于的权利，他们的处境就是令人难以接受的。 - Study on Procreate Characteristic and the Conditions of Embryo Cultivate in Early-bearing Walnut
早实核桃生殖特性及胚培养条件研究 - Culture of spermatogenic cells in vitro is an important means in procreate develop.
生精细胞的体外培养是研究生殖发育的一个重要手段。 - 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。 - 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 couple who are both One-Child can procreate two children in most areas of China according Chinese population policy.
按照我国人口政策，大部分地区双方都是独生子女的夫妻可以生育两个子女。