解释
- vt. 使产生；造成
- vi. 产生；引起
※ 提供单词"engender"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
中文词源
engender 使产生
en-, 进入，使。-gen, 生育，词源同gene, generate.
英文词源
- engender (v.)
- early 14c., "beget, procreate," from Old French engendrer (12c.) "give birth to, beget, bear; cause, bring about," from Latin ingenerare "to implant, engender, produce," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + generare "beget, create" (see generation). With euphonious -d- in French. Also from early 14c. engendered was used in a theological sense, with reference to Jesus, "derived (from God)." Meaning "cause, produce" is mid-14c. Related: Engendering.
例句和用法
- 1. Mr Bowles could engender delight in students and musicians alike.
- 鲍尔斯先生能够让学生和音乐家都感到快乐。
- 2. It helps engender a sense of common humanity.
- 这有助于营造一种博爱的感觉。
- 3. She will engender difficult questions and to keep the conversation at a low temperature.
- 她会提出各种深奥的问题,使谈话始终保持在低温状态.
- 4. It was supposed to engender difficult questions and to keep the conversation at a low temperature.
- 仿佛她会提出各种深奥的问题,使谈话始终保持在低温状态.
- 5. To take an unnecessary action that will probably engender adverse effects.
- 自找麻烦采取一个可能会产生负面效果的不必要的行动.
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