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
- Why do we breathe, why do we procreate?
我们为什么要呼吸，为什么要生儿育女？ - 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？ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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）。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。