beget

英 [bɪ'get] 美[bɪ'ɡɛt]
  • vt. 产生;招致;引起;当…的父亲

GRE扩展词汇

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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