| 单词 | beget |
| 释义 | beget (once / 952 pages) v 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. If we analyze the word beget, we get the prefix be-, which tends to intensify the meaning of the following verb, and get, which means to cause something to enter one's possession. The word is usually used to refer to having children, although it can be used to refer to anything that generates something else — for example, an inspiration can beget a brilliant idea. WORD FAMILYbeget: begat, begets, begetter, begetting, begot+/begetter: begetters USAGE EXAMPLESThey lower prices and in the process beget life, buzz and, to use the politician’s cliché, a sense of community. Economist(Dec 20, 2016) We live in a time at which one tragedy begets another. Slate(Dec 20, 2016) Really vital creative things eventually beget bad things. Slate(Dec 20, 2016) v make children Abraham begot Isaac Syn|Hyper bring forth, engender, father, generate, get, mother, sire create, make make or cause to be or to become |
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