engender

英 [ɪnˈdʒendə(r)]

美 [ɪnˈdʒendər]

v.  产生，引起(某种感觉或情况)

过去分词：engendered　第三人称单数：engenders　过去式：engendered　现在分词：engendering　

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牛津词典

verb

• 产生，引起（某种感觉或情况）
  to make a feeling or situation exist
  1. The issue engendered controversy.
     这个问题引起了争论。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 导致，造成（某种感觉、气氛、状况等）
  If someone or somethingengendersa particular feeling, atmosphere, or situation, they cause it to occur.
  1. It helps engender a sense of common humanity...
     这有助于营造一种博爱的感觉。
  2. Mr Bowles could engender delight in students and musicians alike.
     鲍尔斯先生能够让学生和音乐家都感到快乐。

英英释义

verb

• make children
  1. Abraham begot Isaac
  2. Men often father children but don't recognize them
  Synonym:begetgetfathermothersiregeneratebring forth
• call forth
  Synonym:breedspawn

双语例句

• Things that engender poor feng shui include grey carpets, off-white walls and strip lighting.
  有损风水的事物包括灰色的地毯、白墙和条状照明灯。
• It helps engender a sense of common humanity
  这有助于营造一种博爱的感觉。
• It was supposed to engender difficult questions and to keep the conversation at a low temperature.
  仿佛她会提出各种深奥的问题，使谈话始终保持在低温状态。
• It can help you find love or engender more love.
  他能够让你更快的找到爱情或者加深感情。
• It not only facilitates efficient care, but also will engender patient confidence and trust in the physician team.
  它不仅有助于促进医疗工作，而且会增强患者对于医务人员的信任。
• And in Latin America and the Caribbean, gender activities include efforts to "engender" infrastructure.
  在拉丁美洲与加勒比地区，性别活动包括了“性别化”的基础设施工作。
• Second, the results may engender caution towards attempts to engineer happiness through public policy.
  其次，这一结果可能会引发人们对于通过公共政策操纵幸福做法的戒备。
• Engender a good two-way discussion of issues
  产生一种良好的双向的问题讨论
• Retrospectives on the process and working practices regularly capture the lessons learned by the project and engender a culture of continuous process improvement within the project.
  对过程和工作实践的回顾有规律地捕捉从项目中得到的经验，并在项目中造成一个持续的过程改进的文化。
• There is nothing like a relatively unexpected shock to the system such as this to engender a variety of responses, both good and bad.
  没有什么事件能像这次病毒传播对现行的体制造成如此大的打击，这引起的反应有好有坏。