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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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）。 - 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。 - 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。