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
- 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。 - We procreate because that's the desire of the goddess.
我们生育因为这是神的愿望。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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？ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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？