procreation
noun[U]
formaluk/ˌprəʊ.kriˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌproʊ.kriˈeɪ.ʃən/theprocessofproducingyounganimalsorbabies:
生殖，生育Somepeoplebelievethatsexshould only be for thepurposeof procreation.有些人认为，性生活只应以生育为目的。
Theysupporttheargumentthat thepurposeofmarriageis procreation.他们支持生育是婚姻的目的这一说法。
See
procreate
- Without some newforcepromotingprocreation, theglobaldeclineinfertilityratesisunlikelytoreverse.
- Cloningrepresentsagiantsteptowardturningprocreation intomanufacture.
- Procreation isn't something to be takenlightly.
Animal reproduction
- androgen
- anti-oestrogen
- asexuality
- asexually
- barrenness
- calf
- embryology
- fertility
- fertilize
- fetal
- infertile
- procreative
- propagation
- rebreed
- remate
- repopulate
- reproductive
- semen
- spawning ground
- sterility