procreate

单词辨析:

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。

相关例句:

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。

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 do we breathe, why do we procreate?

我们为什么要呼吸,为什么要生儿育女?

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 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。

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)。