beget

[英] [bɪˈget] [美] [bɪˈɡɛt] 生词本

vt.

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1. VERB 招致;导致;引起 To beget something means to cause it to happen or be created. 
  • Poverty begets debt...

    穷则债聚。

  • Economic tensions beget political ones.

    经济紧张导致政治紧张。

2. VERB 成为…的父亲 When a man begets a child, he becomes the father of that child. 
  • He wanted to beget an heir.

    他想生个子嗣。

Verb

1. make children;

  • "Abraham begot Isaac"
  • "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
1. Dragons beget dragons,phoenixes beget phoenixes.
龙生龙,凤生凤。

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