beget

英 [bɪˈɡet]

美 [bɪˈɡet]

v.  成为…之父; 引发; 导致

第三人称单数：begets　现在分词：begetting　复数：begets　过去式：begot　过去分词：begotten　

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BNC.32659 / COCA.19985

牛津词典

verb

• 成为…之父
  to become the father of a child
  1. Isaac begat Jacob.
     以撒生了雅各。
• 引发；导致
  to make sth happen
  1. Violence begets violence.
     暴力招致暴力。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 招致；导致；引起
  Tobegetsomething means to cause it to happen or be created.
  1. Poverty begets debt...
     穷则债聚。
  2. Economic tensions beget political ones.
     经济紧张导致政治紧张。
• VERB 成为…的父亲
  When a manbegetsa child, he becomes the father of that child.
  1. He wanted to beget an heir.
     他想生个子嗣。

英英释义

verb

• make children
  1. Abraham begot Isaac
  2. Men often father children but don't recognize them
  Synonym:getengenderfathermothersiregeneratebring forth

双语例句

• To live and cause to live, to eat food and beget children, these are the primary wants of men, and Chinese are no different from other people in this respect.
  自己生活也让别人生活、吃饭并生育后代，这是人类的基本要求，在这点上中国人同其他人没什么区别。
• For in the very torrent, tempest, and as I may say, whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness.
  当你的情绪激昂得如狂流，如暴风雨，如旋风时，你一定要有相当的自制能力，如此才能得到平稳及流畅的表达。
• Near relative wedding was still one of the main reasons to beget I nheri tance disease and congenital monstrosity infants.
  近亲婚配家族生育子女仍是出现遗传病和先天畸形儿的主要原因之一。
• Poverty begets debt
  穷则债聚。
• And previous studies have shown that older fathers are relatively more likely to beget daughters.
  以前的研究已经表明父亲年龄越大，生女儿的机会越大。
• Great love will beget great faith.
  大的爱就产生大的信心。
• If I were going to beget a child knowing that the child was going to be a homicidal maniac, I should be responsible for his crimes.
  如果，我知道我即将生出的小孩以后是一个杀人狂，那么我就有责任对他的罪行负责。
• The idea is that happy, empowered employees beget happy customers.
  他们的理念是，开心授权的员工带来开心的顾客。
• The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and beget.
  一般唯有两种原始的豪：博得和引发。
• Economic tensions beget political ones.
  经济紧张导致政治紧张。