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单词 contraception
释义
contraceptioncon‧tra‧cep‧tion /ˌkɒntrəˈsepʃən $ ˌkɑːn-/ noun [uncountable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINcontraception
Origin:
1800-1900 contra- + conception
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • The pill is one of the most effective methods of contraception.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Despite the myths about reproduction and contraception, contraceptive use has increased significantly in recent years.
  • Few had discussed contraception with their boyfriends.
  • I didn't use any contraception.
  • Mum told me about the various forms of contraception but apart from that we didn't really talk about it.
  • One quarter of the former but 85 percent of the latter had discontinued contraception eighteen months after initial use.
  • There was no form of contraception and many women would spend their entire adult lives pregnant and would probably die in child-birth.
  • They did not eat meat on Fridays or practice artificial contraception.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatormethods used to prevent a woman becoming pregnant
methods that are used to prevent a baby starting to develop inside a woman's body when a man and woman have sex: · Today there are more women using modern contraception than ever before.· For advice on contraception, talk to your doctor or local family planning clinic. methods of contraception: · There are several reliable methods of contraception.
the practice of deliberately controlling the number of babies that are born: · Government attempts to encourage family planning have failed in many parts of the third world.· a reliable method of birth control
WORD SETS
afterbirth, nounantenatal, adjectiveartificial insemination, nounbaby blues, nounbarren, adjectivebarrier method, nounbear, verbbirth control, nounbreast-feed, verbbreech birth, nouncaesarean, nouncap, nounchildbearing, nounchildbirth, nounconceive, verbconfinement, nouncontraception, nouncontraction, nounC-section, noundeliver, verbdelivery, noundiaphragm, nounDutch cap, nounembryo, nounembryology, nouneugenics, nounfamily planning, nounfertility, nounfertility drug, nounfertilize, verbfetal, adjectivefetus, nounfoetal position, nounfoetus, nounfull-term, adjectivegestation, noungonad, nounincubator, nouninduce, verbinduction, nouninfant mortality rate, nouninfertile, adjectiveIUD, nounIVF, nounmaternal, adjectivematernity, nounmidwife, nounmidwifery, nounmilk, nounmiscarriage, nounmiscarry, verbmorning-after pill, nounmorning sickness, nounmother-to-be, nounmum-to-be, nounnatal, adjectivenatural, adjectivenatural childbirth, nounneuter, verbnurse, verbobstetrics, nounoral contraceptive, nounoviduct, nounovulate, verbovum, nounperinatal, adjectivepostnatal, adjectivepreemie, nounpregnancy, nounpregnant, adjectivepremature, adjectivepresentation, nounprocreate, verbproduce, verbquickening, nounreproduce, verbreproduction, nounreproductive, adjectiverhythm method, nounspay, verbsterile, adjectivesterilize, verbstillbirth, nounstillborn, adjectivestretch mark, nounsurrogate mother, nounswaddle, verbswaddling clothes, nountermination, nountest-tube baby, nountrimester, nounultrasound, nounumbilical cord, noununborn, adjectivewean, verbzygote, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· But this was nothing new - the Church had long objected to all artificial methods of contraception.· In countries around the Catholic world, Church officials have capitalized on local circumstances to Slow the spread of artificial contraception.· And because artificial contraception caused such a separation, it was inherently sinful.· They did not eat meat on Fridays or practice artificial contraception.
VERB
· Lots of young couples do not use contraception on their first time, and many do not use it at all.· We were really careful and used contraception.· I didn't use any contraception.· The family planning boom Today there are more women using modern contraception than ever before.· Since having their babies, most were using contraception, generally in the form of the Pill.· The National Fertility Survey found that out of the total of women using contraception, 52.5% had been sterilized.· The effect of smoking was most apparent in those who had never used oral contraception.· Thus attention must be given to male motives for using contraception.
the practice of preventing a woman from becoming pregnant when she has sex, or the methods for doing this SYN  birth control:  The pill is a popular method of contraception.
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