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词汇 philoprogenitive
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Definition of philoprogenitive in English:

philoprogenitive

adjective ˌfɪlə(ʊ)prə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪtɪvˌfiləprōˈjenədiv
formal
  • 1Having many offspring.

    〈正式〉多子女的,多后代的

    a philoprogenitive ill-paid artisan

    孩子多挣钱少的工匠。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Passed off as the 15th child of his philoprogenitive grandparents, he seems never to have known the true story of his birth.
    • By firmly anchoring each woman's fate in Henry's failure to be philoprogenitive - most crucially in not producing male heirs - Fraser makes a major contribution to feminist scholarship.
    1. 1.1 Showing love towards one's offspring.
      爱子女的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Now perhaps some people of philoprogenitive proclivities may be led to imagine that a tender gush of paternity is to follow just here.

Derivatives

  • philoprogenitiveness

  • noun
    formal
    • In The Next Million Years he maintained that over-population is the greatest of our problems and that, on the reasonable assumption that philoprogenitiveness is an inherited characteristic, our chances of dealing satisfactorily with it are small.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Then along comes a lady from the adoption agency who seems to be able to inspire a good deal more philoprogenitiveness in the husband than is inspired by his wife.

Definition of philoprogenitive in US English:

philoprogenitive

adjectiveˌfiləprōˈjenədiv
formal
  • 1Having many offspring.

    〈正式〉多子女的,多后代的

    the philoprogenitive senator
    Example sentencesExamples
    • By firmly anchoring each woman's fate in Henry's failure to be philoprogenitive - most crucially in not producing male heirs - Fraser makes a major contribution to feminist scholarship.
    • Passed off as the 15th child of his philoprogenitive grandparents, he seems never to have known the true story of his birth.
    1. 1.1 Showing love toward one's offspring.
      爱子女的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Now perhaps some people of philoprogenitive proclivities may be led to imagine that a tender gush of paternity is to follow just here.
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