infertile
pronunciation
UK [ɪnˈfɜːtaɪl]
US [ɪnˈfɜːrtl]
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- adj.
- 不能生育的，不结果实的
- 贫瘠的，不毛的
Word Origin
infertile 不育的
in-,不，非，fertile,生育的。
Example
- 1. It has been estimated that one in eight couples is infertile .
- 据估计每八对夫妇中就有一对不育。
- 2. Make infertile ; of both males and females .
- 使人失去生育能力；即使男性不育、女性不孕。
- 3. Thirty years ago the islanders scratched a living from infertile soil , salt pans and fishing .
- 三十年前岛民在贫瘠的土地上艰苦生活，晒盐和牧渔。
- 4. Most people would not intentionally insult their infertile friends .
- 如果有朋友不孕，很多人都不会故意羞辱他们的。
- 5. After the paris peace agreements of 1991 , the united nations tried to plant a multiparty democracy in this infertile soil .
- 1991年巴黎和平协议【注5】签署后，联合国曾尝试在这块贫瘠的土地上建立多党制民主。
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