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Reproduce

“Reproduce” 是一个动词,有几种主要含义:

  1. (生物)繁殖,生育,如:“Plants reproduce by means of seeds.”
  2. 复制,再现,如:“This machine can reproduce the music with perfect clarity.”
  1. Animals reproduce and bring forth new life. (动物们繁殖并带来新生命)
  2. Artists can reproduce the beauty of nature on canvas. (艺术家可以在画布上复制大自然的美)
  3. She tried to reproduce the same results in her experiment. (她试图在实验中复制同样的结果)

“Reproduce” 的词根是 “produc-”, 来自拉丁语,意思是 “拉出,得出,产生”.

“Reproduce” 的词缀有 “re-” 和 “-duce”. “re-” 是前缀,表示【重复、再次】,“-duce”就是词根的一部分,表示【导出、引出】。

“Reproduce” 一词来自 1590 年代的拉丁词 “reproducere”,含义是 “再生,复制”。在英语中,这个词是在 19 世纪产业革命时期开始被广泛使用的,主要用来描述复制或复制物品、艺术作品等。

Reproduce 的名词形式是 “reproduction”. 如, “The reproduction of this painting is excellent.” (这幅画的复制品极好) 它的名词形式 (人或物)是 “reproducer”. 如, “He is a reproducer of famous paintings.” (他是著名画作的复制者)

可以联想“re-”表示“再次”,而“-duce”与“produce”发音相似,所以“reproduce”可以理解为“再次产生”。

Mary picked up a unique seashell on the beach one day. She loved it so much, she wanted to reproduce its beauty. So, she took a picture of the seashell, and then painted a large picture of it. She was so pleased with the reproduction, that she hung it on her living room wall. (玛丽有一天在海滩上捡到了一个独特的海贝,她非常喜欢,想要复制它的美。于是,她给海贝拍了一张照片,然后画了一幅大画。她对复制品非常满意,于是把它挂在客厅的墙上。)