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



牛津词典

verb

  1. 繁殖;生育;生殖
    to produce children or baby animals

    柯林斯词典

    1. VERB 生育;生殖
      When animals or people procreate, 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。

    双语例句

    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。
    2. Every survivor gets a chance to procreate ( and it is important that procreation is never denied to a survivor, only made less likely if he is less fit).
      每个幸存者都会有机会繁衍(重要的是任何幸存者都可能会繁衍,如果不太适应的话,仅仅是降低了可能性)。
    3. But he spent years denying that he was the father, going so far as to swear in a court document he was, sterile and infertile, and as a result, did not have the physical capacity to procreate a child.
      他很多年都否认自己是父亲,甚至在法庭文件中发誓:自己没有生育能力,所以,从生理上讲不可能有一个孩子。
    4. Research by two Kansas State University psychologists in 2011 found that the urge to procreate often known as baby fever is strongest in women at younger ages, and decreases as they age.
      2011年堪萨斯州立大学两名心理学家所做的研究发现,女人们想要生孩子的冲动也就是人们平常所熟知的孩子狂热症在年轻的时候最强,随着年龄的增加而减弱。
    5. 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?
    6. For any living creature, the evolutionary game involves obtaining resources to live long enough to procreate and rear its young.
      任何生物在进化过程中都需要获得资源,让自己生存得足够长,以便繁育后代。
    7. Why do we breathe, why do we procreate?
      我们为什么要呼吸,为什么要生儿育女?
    8. 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。
    9. The reason for not fully colonizing a planet is that you want the colonists to procreate for as long as possible.
      不要把殖民卫星完全殖民化的原因是你希望殖民者可以尽可能的繁殖。
    10. The human imperative to procreate is sure to keep Antinori's waiting room filled& and cloned babies on the agenda.
      人类的生育需求,势必让安提诺里的候诊室充满人潮,并让复制婴儿的议题持久不衰。
    11. 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
    12. 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。
    13. In earlier generations, this pressure to procreate brought its own problems both my grandmothers were middle children in huge families.
      在早几代人中,这种生育压力也有自身的问题我的祖母和外祖母都是大家庭中排行在中间的孩子。
    14. 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。
    15. 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。
    16. 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。”
    17. 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。
    18. We procreate because that's the desire of the goddess.
      我们生育因为这是神的愿望。
    19. 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?
    20. 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。
    21. 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。
    22. 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。
    23. 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。
    24. It should be recognized by law when citizens adopt modern techniques to realize their procreate rights.
      公民采用现代技术手段实现其生育权时,应得到法律的认可。
    25. 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。
    26. 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。
    27. It show one varieties has different resistance in different procreate stage.
      这说明,同一品种的早熟禾在不同生育期的抗旱能力有可能不同。
    28. 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。
    29. 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。

    同义词辨析

      breed multiply procreate【导航词义:繁殖】

      breed v. 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。

      multiply v. (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。

      procreate v. 〈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。

    英英释义

    verb

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

      Synonym:    reproducemultiply