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