beget
beget 英 [bɪˈget] 美 [bɪˈɡɛt]
vt. 产生；招致；引起；当…的父亲
进行时:begetting 过去式:begot 过去分词:begotten 第三人称单数:begets 名词复数:begets
- To beget means to generate something, usually children, and it can be used to refer to the role of either a mother or a father.
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- vt. 产生；招致；引起；当…的父亲
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1. Life on Earth alters Earth to beget more life.
地球上的生命改变着地球以产生更多的生命。
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2. Evil deeds may beget many fateful consequences.
恶行会产生严重的后果。
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3. If they’re wrong, they may set off a vicious new cycle, in which public spending cuts weaken the world economy and beget new private spending cuts.
如果他们错了，他们可能会启动新的一轮恶性循环，在这轮循环中，公共开支削减会削弱世界经济，引起新的私人开支削减。
- 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, generally used of the father only. Similar formation in Old Saxon bigitan, Old High German pigezzan, Gothic bigitan "to get, obtain." Related: Begot; begotten.
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