reproduce

1. V-T If you try to reproduce something, you try to copy it. 复制; 再造

The effect has proved hard to reproduce. 这种效果经证实很难再造。

2. V-T If you reproduce a picture, speech, or piece of writing, you make a photograph or printed copy of it. 复制; 复印

We are grateful to you for permission to reproduce this article. 我们很感激您允许我们复印这篇文章。

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. 如果我们能够重演上两个月表现出来的状态，我们就会成功。

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. …一个以生育能力来定位妇女角色的社会。

We are reproducing ourselves at such a rate that our numbers threaten the ecology of the planet. 我们繁衍得如此之快，以至于人口数量威胁到地球的生态系统。

5. reproductionN-UNCOUNT 生育; 繁殖

Treatments using assisted reproduction techniques jumped 30 percent. 使用辅助技术的生育疗法猛增了30％。