births

英 [bɜːθs]

美 [bɜrθs]

n.  出生; 诞生; 分娩; 创始; 起源; 出身; 门第
birth的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 出生；降生；出世
  When a baby is born, you refer to this event as his or herbirth.
  1. It was the birth of his grandchildren which gave him greatest pleasure...
     孙子孙女的出生给他带来了极大的快乐。
  2. She concealed her pregnancy right up to the moment of birth...
     她隐瞒了自己怀孕的事，直到孩子出世。
  3. She weighed 5lb 7oz at birth.
     她出生时体重是5磅7盎司。
  4. ...premature births.
     早产
• N-UNCOUNT 诞生；产生；出现；起源
  You can refer to the beginning or origin of something as itsbirth.
  1. ...the birth of popular democracy.
     人民民主的诞生
• N-UNCOUNT 出身；家世；门第
  Some people talk about a person'sbirthwhen they are referring to the social position of the person's family.
  1. ...men of low birth...
     出身卑微的人
  2. His birth, background and career show that you can make it in this country on merit alone.
     他的出身、背景和职业表明，在这个国家仅凭自己的能力就可以取得成功。
• See also:date of birthhome birth
• PHRASE 在血统上；生来
  If, for example, you are Frenchby birth, you are French because your parents are French, or because you were born in France.
  1. Sadrudin was an Iranian by birth.
     萨德尔丁是伊朗血统。
• PHRASE 生（孩子）；分娩；生育
  When a womangives birth, she produces a baby from her body.
  1. She's just given birth to a baby girl...
     她刚生了一个女孩。
  2. She's due to give birth at any moment.
     她随时可能分娩。
• PHRASE 使产生；使诞生
  Togive birth tosomething such as an idea means to cause it to start to exist.
  1. In 1980, strikes at the Lenin Shipyards gave birth to the Solidarity trade union.
     1980年，列宁造船厂的罢工致使团结工会得以成立。
• 出生的（地方）
  The country, town, or villageofyourbirthis the place where you were born.

双语例句

• Information on births and deaths by age, sex and cause is the cornerstone of public health planning.
  按照年龄、性别和原因分类的出生和死亡信息，是制定公共卫生规划的基石。
• A large Bible with pages to record marriages and births.
  记录婚姻和生子的大圣经。
• Registration of births and deaths became compulsory in1871.
  出生登记和死亡登记于1871年成为一种义务。
• Balance of births and deaths;
  出生和死亡的差额；
• Last week it launched a campaign to register all of the world's births and deaths.
  上周，它开始了一项对全世界的出生和死亡进行统计的行动。
• In Nicaragua, remittances significantly improved the likelihood of doctor-assisted births, a big factor in reducing maternal mortality.
  在尼加拉瓜，汇款极大提高了医生助产的可能性，这是降低母亲死亡率的一个重要因素。
• There were 160 more births than deaths in the town last year.
  该镇去年出生的人数比死亡人数多160人。
• A higher prevalence of premature births is found among African-Americans than among Caucasians in America or Europe.
  在非洲裔美国人中，其早产的发生率比美国或欧洲的白人早产的发病率高。
• The number of births to unmarried moms also declined.
  未婚妈妈的数量也减少了。
• The risks of multiple births are much higher for both mother and babies.
  多胞胎对母亲和婴儿来讲风险都很高。