Word · Frequency #5169
Fully loadedfertility
能育性；生育能力
the state or quality of being fertile, especially the ability to reproduce
- 1.
The condition, or the degree, of being fertile.
肥沃或能育的状态或程度
- 2.
the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
某一地区活产婴儿数与人口数之比,通常以每年每千人口计算
- 3.
The birthrate of a population; the number of live births per 1000 people per year.
人口的出生率,即每年每千人中的活产数
- 4.
the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring
能生育的状态；能够产生后代的能力
- 5.
The average number of births per woman within a population.
人口中每名女性的平均生育数
- 6.
the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth
丰产并能维持旺盛生长的特性
土壤肥力；丰产性；人口出生率；出生率；总和生育率；肥沃或能育的状态或程度；某一地区活产婴儿数与人口数之比,通常以每年每千人口计算
In use
The fertility rate in that country has been declining for decades.
The government is concerned about the low fertility among young couples.
Advances in medicine have helped improve female fertility.
fertility + verb (e.g., rise, fall, decline)
fertility常与表示变化趋势的动词搭配，如rise, fall, decline。
The fertility rate in the region has fallen sharply.
该地区的生育率急剧下降。
verb + fertility (e.g., affect, boost, reduce)
fertility作为宾语，常与affect, boost, reduce等及物动词连用。
Pollution can negatively affect fertility.
污染会对生育能力产生负面影响。
fertility + noun (e.g., rate, treatment, clinic)
fertility常作定语修饰其他名词，如rate, treatment, clinic等。
Connections
Collocations
- fertility rate
- 生育率
- The fertility rate in that country has been declining for years.那个国家的生育率多年来一直在下降。
- fertility treatment
- 生育治疗
- Many couples seek fertility treatment to help them conceive.许多夫妇寻求生育治疗来帮助他们怀孕。
- fertility clinic
- 生育诊所
- She visited a fertility clinic for a consultation.她去了一家生育诊所进行咨询。
- fertility drug
- 生育药物
- The doctor prescribed a fertility drug to stimulate ovulation.医生开了生育药物来刺激排卵。
- fertility problem
- 生育问题
- They are seeing a specialist about their fertility problems.他们正就生育问题咨询专家。
- fertility goddess
Learner notes
Memory Tip
fertility 中的 'fert' 让人想到 '肥沃'，肥沃的土地生育力强。
Context & Register
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Grammar Note
通常与介词of或in搭配使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the suffix '-ity' but differ in stress patterns and vowel sounds, so they do not rhyme with 'fertility'.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.