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father sb
此义表示“生育”，主语通常为男性。
He fathered a son and a daughter.
他育有一儿一女。
生育；充当…的父亲；抚养
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生育；充当…的父亲；抚养
To sire (a child) or to act as a father to (someone), supporting and nurturing them.
He fathered a son and a daughter.
他育有一儿一女。
To be a father to; to sire.
To give rise to.
To act as a father; to support and nurture.
To provide with a father.
father
Base
原形
fathers
3rd person
第三人称单数
fathering
-ing
现在分词
fathered
Past
过去式
fathered
Past participle
过去分词
He fathers two children.
他是两个孩子的父亲。
He fathered a son in 1990.
他在1990年生了一个儿子。
He has fathered three children.
他已经有了三个孩子。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
He fathered three children before he turned thirty.
他在三十岁之前成为了三个孩子的父亲。
She fathered the innovative design that won the award.
她创造了赢得奖项的创新设计。
The coach fathers his players by mentoring them on and off the field.
教练像父亲一样关怀他的球员，在场上场下给予指导。
此义表示“生育”，主语通常为男性。
He fathered a son and a daughter.
他育有一儿一女。
该义表示“开创、发起”，宾语多为抽象名词。
The scientist fathered a new field of study.
这位科学家开创了一个新的研究领域。
被动形式用于强调孩子的生父身份。
The child was fathered by a famous actor.
这个孩子的生父是一位著名演员。
Not this
He fathered for his younger brothers after their parents died.
Use this
He fathered his younger brothers after their parents died.
表示“照顾、充当父亲”时，father 是及物动词，直接接被照顾的人作宾语；中文的“为……”不能对应介词 for，因此要去掉 for。
Not this
He fathered of the project.
Use this
He fathered the project.
名词 father 常与 of 搭配（如 the father of the project），但动词 father 表示“开创、发起”时是及物动词，直接接宾语，不加 of。
Not this
He fathered at forty.
Use this
He fathered a child at forty.
表示“生育、成为父亲”时，father 作及物动词必须有宾语；不说 father at forty，若不想指明孩子，应改用 become a father at forty。
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成为父亲；生育孩子
He always wanted to father a child.
他一直想要一个孩子。
提出并推动一个想法
Many credit him with fathering the idea of the local festival.
许多人认为当地节日的想法是他开创的。
发起一场运动
He helped father the movement for voting reform.
他帮助发起了投票改革运动。
缔造一个国家；成为国父
He is honored for fathering the modern nation.
他因缔造这个现代国家而受到尊敬。
不，我是你父亲。
Darth Vader says this to Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980), revealing that he is Luke's father.
达斯·维达在《星球大战：帝国反击战》（1980）中对卢克·天行者说出这句话，揭示他是卢克的父亲。
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父亲（father）当动词：生育孩子，也孕育想法或事业——'孕育'就是创造、开创。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、news reports、literary works 动词 father 多用于正式或书面语境，如新闻报道、正式演讲和文学作品中；日常口语中表示“生孩子”时更常用 have children。
及物动词，后接宾语
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