Word · Frequency #21050
infertility
不孕症；不育症
The inability to conceive children or produce offspring.
- 1.
The condition of being infertile; of having poor fertility.
不育的状态；生育力低下的状况。
- 2.
the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate
无法生育的状态；女性指不能受孕,男性指不能使对方受孕
- 3.
The inability to conceive children.
无法怀孕(生育子女)的能力缺失。
不育的状态；生育力低下的状况。；无法生育的状态；女性指不能受孕,男性指不能使对方受孕；无法怀孕(生育子女)的能力缺失。；不肥沃；不毛；[医] 不育症
In use
After years of trying to conceive, the couple was diagnosed with infertility.
Advances in reproductive medicine have helped many couples overcome infertility.
Infertility can affect both men and women, often requiring specialized treatment.
suffer from infertility
Many couples suffer from infertility.
许多夫妇患有不孕症。
infertility treatment
She underwent infertility treatment at the clinic.
她在诊所接受了不育症治疗。
cause infertility
Connections
Collocations
- female infertility
- 女性不孕症
- Female infertility can have many different causes.女性不孕症可能有许多不同的原因。
- male infertility
- 男性不育症
- Male infertility is responsible for about a third of all cases.男性不育症约占所有病例的三分之一。
- infertility treatment
- 不孕症治疗
- They decided to start infertility treatment after two years of trying.在尝试两年之后，他们决定开始不孕症治疗。
- cause infertility
- 导致不孕
- Certain infections can cause infertility in both men and women.某些感染可导致男性和女性不孕。
- infertility clinic
- 不孕症诊所
- She made an appointment at an infertility clinic.她预约了一家不孕症诊所。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
in- 表“不”，fertility 是“生育力”，合起来生育力缺失，即不孕不育。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：medical diagnosis、health education、clinical discussion infertility 是较正式的医学术语，多用于医疗诊断、健康科普或书面讨论中；日常口语中人们较少直接使用该词，而更常说 can't get pregnant 或 fertility problems。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 /ɪlɪti/ 结尾，与 infertility 的重读元音及后续音 /ɪlɪti/ 相同，因此都押韵。注意拼写相似的 infertile /ɪnˈfɝːtaɪl/、fertile /ˈfɝːtaɪl/ 结尾读 /aɪl/（或美式 /ərl/），与 infertility 不押韵。
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.