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offspring of
表示某生物或人的后代，常跟介词of。
The offspring of the queen bee inherit her genetic traits.
蜂王的后代继承了她的遗传特性。
子女；后代；子孙
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子女；后代；子孙
a person's child or children; descendants
The offspring of the queen bee inherit her genetic traits.
蜂王的后代继承了她的遗传特性。
一个人的女儿或儿子；孩子
A person's daughter or son; a person's child.
一个人的直系后代
the immediate descendants of a person
一个人的后代,包括后代的后代
Any of a person's descendants, including of further generations.
作为结果而产生的事物
something that comes into existence as a result
Their offspring have all graduated from college.
他们的子女都已大学毕业。
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She devoted her life to raising her offspring.
她一生致力于抚养子女。
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They are proud of their offspring's achievements at school.
他们为子女在学校取得的成就感到骄傲。
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she was the mother of many offspring
她是许多孩子的母亲。
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表示某生物或人的后代，常跟介词of。
The offspring of the queen bee inherit her genetic traits.
蜂王的后代继承了她的遗传特性。
用于描述繁殖行为。
Most mammals produce offspring through live birth.
大多数哺乳动物通过胎生产生后代。
指抚养、养育后代。
Birds often raise their offspring together.
鸟类通常共同抚养它们的后代。
Not this
She is an offspring from a famous family.
Use this
She is an offspring of a famous family.
介词使用错误：英语中表示‘某人/某物的后代’时应用介词 of，而不是 from。中文‘来自’可能误导使用 from。
Not this
He is an offsprings of the family.
Use this
He is an offspring of the family.
单复数混淆：offspring 的单数形式是 offspring，复数形式是 offsprings。此处指单数，应去掉 s。
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抚养后代
Many animals devote much energy to raising their offspring.
许多动物花费大量精力抚养后代。
繁衍后代
The couple was delighted to produce healthy offspring.
这对夫妇很高兴生下了健康的子女。
……的产物
The new theory is the offspring of years of research.
这个新理论是多年研究的产物。
存活的后代
Only a fraction of the eggs produce surviving offspring.
只有一小部分卵能孵化出存活的后代。
亲代和子代
The study examined the relationship between parents and offspring.
该研究考察了亲代与子代之间的关系。
众多的后代
The queen ant has numerous offspring.
蚁后拥有众多的后代。
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想象孩子像小动物一样从父母身边‘spring off’（弹开），就是后代。
通常用于正式或学术语境，指人类或动物的后代，也可指产物。
Words ending in -ing (spring, string, bring, thing, ring) share the unstressed /ɪŋ/ ending with the second syllable of 'offspring' but do not rhyme due to different stress placement. 'Off' shares the initial stressed syllable /ɔf/. These words are useful for recognising the spelling pattern of the compound 'offspring'.
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