engender是什么意思,engender怎么用
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engender
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📰 外刊例句
Insufficient computing power as internet users flock to a customer’s service can engender errors—and lost sales as users encounter error pages. 当互联网用户涌向某个客户的服务时,计算能力不足可能就会导致出错,并在页面打不开时错失销售机会。
—— 《经济学人》
—— 《纽约时报》
📖 基本释义
[verb] cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition)
[动词] 造成或引起(某种感觉、情况或状况)
💡 深入解读
一眼看到 engender 这个单词,不难猜到它是一个与熟词 gender (性别)同源的单词,两者都源自于拉丁语genus(种族、种类)。其中 engender 由前缀 en- (使……)+词根 gen (出生、产生;种族)+ der 构成,于14世纪初经古法语engendrer(生育;导致、引起)进入英语后,最初也是用来表示“生育”,不过这个含义如今已不再流行。现在主要使用其拓展含义指“导致、引发、产生”,常作正式用语使用,多意味着像分娩时婴儿降临那般使某种感觉、情况或状况突然或立即产生,而非分娩前的那种逐渐孕育发展成熟的过程,
比如:
The volatile actress postured before the mirror. She didn't know that her latest film engendered a lot of controversy as soon as it was released.那个情绪无常的女演员在镜子前摆姿势。她还不知道她的最新电影一上映就引起了很大争议。
📚 名著用例
She began to envy those pirouetters, to hunger for the hope and happiness which the fascination of the dance seemed to engender within them. 她开始嫉妒这些快速旋转的人来,渴望能得到那种似乎是由跳舞的魅力所产生的希望和幸福。
— 出自《英国小说家托马斯·哈代(Thomas Hardy)的长篇小说《还乡》( The Return of the Native )。》
🔍 同近义词
- generate: cause (something, especially an emotion or situation) to arise or come about
- arouse: evoke or awaken (a feeling, emotion, or response)
- provoke: stimulate or give rise to (a reaction or emotion, typically a strong or unwelcome one) in someone

