| 单词 | beget |
| 释义 | be·get /bɪˈɡet/ verb (past tense begot /-ˈɡɒt $ -ˈɡɑːt/, past participle begotten /-ˈɡɒtn $ -ˈɡɑːtn/, present participle begetting) [transitive] 1. BABY/HAVE A BABY old use to become the father of a child 成为…之父2 CAUSEto cause something or make it happen 招致，引发 Hunger begets crime. 饥饿滋生犯罪。 —begetter noun [countable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusbeget• The early gains from the stock market rally begot a feeling of invincibility.• Poverty begets crime.• As we all know, killings beget more killings.• Thus replication begets replication, until the costs of these counterproductive activities finally bring the organization to a long-delayed breaking point.• Forests beget trees; we know that.• In the long term, violence begets violence.Origin beget Old English begietanbe·get verbChineseSyllable father Corpus child the to a of become |
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