首页英语词典progenyprogeny的意思

progeny怎么读？

progeny

英 ['prɒdʒənɪ] 美['prɑdʒəni]

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近义词descendant successor seed posterity

n. 子孙；后裔；成果

GRE畅通词汇

助记提示

progenitor祖先。
progeny后代。

中文词源

progeny 子孙

来自pro-,向前，朝向，-gen,生育，词源同gene,generate.-y,小词后缀。引申词义子孙。

英文词源

progeny (n.): early 14c., from Old French progenie (13c.) and directly from Latin progenies "descendants, offspring, lineage, race, family," from stem of progignere "beget," from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + gignere "to produce, beget" (see genus).

双语例句

1. He was surrounded by his numerous progeny.: 众多的子孙簇拥着他。

2. Among its many progeny, the 1944 Education Act gave birth to the modern youth service.: 在1944年通过的《教育法案》的诸多衍生条款中，就包括了现代青年教育服务。

3. Davis was never loquacious on the subject of his progeny.: 戴维斯说到他的子女时总是寡言少语。

4. A major barrier to interspecific hybridization is sterility in the F 1 progeny.: 种间杂交的主要障碍是F1代的不育性.

5. The progeny resembled one of the other of the parents.: 后代象亲本的一方或另一方.