reproduce

1. V-T If you try to reproduce something, you try to copy it. 復(fù)制; 再造

The effect has proved hard to reproduce. 這種效果經(jīng)證實(shí)很難再造。

2. V-T If you reproduce a picture, speech, or piece of writing, you make a photograph or printed copy of it. 復(fù)制; 復(fù)印

We are grateful to you for permission to reproduce this article. 我們很感激您允許我們復(fù)印這篇文章。

3. V-T If you reproduce an action or an achievement, you repeat it. 重演

If we can reproduce the form we have shown in the last couple of months we will be successful. 如果我們能夠重演上兩個(gè)月表現(xiàn)出來的狀態(tài)，我們就會(huì)成功。

4. V-T/V-I When people, animals, or plants reproduce, they produce young. 生育; 繁殖

...a society where women are defined by their ability to reproduce. …一個(gè)以生育能力來定位婦女角色的社會(huì)。

We are reproducing ourselves at such a rate that our numbers threaten the ecology of the planet. 我們繁衍得如此之快，以至于人口數(shù)量威脅到地球的生態(tài)系統(tǒng)。

5. reproductionN-UNCOUNT 生育; 繁殖

Treatments using assisted reproduction techniques jumped 30 percent. 使用輔助技術(shù)的生育療法猛增了30％。