beget
英[bɪ'get]
美[bɪ'ɡɛt]
- vt. 产生；招致；引起；当…的父亲
词态变化
第三人称单数: begets;过去式: begot;过去分词: begotten;现在分词: begetting;名词: begetter;
中文词源
beget 成为...之父
前缀be-, 强调。get, 古义，生育。
英文词源
- beget (v.)
- Old English begietan "to get by effort, find, acquire, attain, seize" (class V strong verb, past tense begeat, past participle begeaton), from be- + get (v.). Sense of "to procreate" is from c. 1200. Related to Old High German pigezzan, Gothic bigitan "to get, obtain." Related: Begot; begotten.
双语例句
- 1. He wanted to beget an heir.
- 他想生个子嗣。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Dragons beget dragons, phoenixes beget phoenixes.
- 龙生龙, 凤生凤.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Economic tensions beget political ones.
- 经济紧张导致政治紧张。
来自辞典例句
- 4. The only recognized purpose of marriage was to beget children for the service of the Party.
- 结婚的目的,能承认的惟有一个,便是生育些孩子,好为党服务.
来自英汉文学
- 5. The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and beget.
- 正常人只有两种原始的激情: 赢得和引发.
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