外国人日常短语 第64期:give birth to

 释义：

give birth¹ to 生下……

表示生孩子或引起某种事端，像 give birth to sb 一样，to 后面加上自己生下的孩子即可。

例句：

You and Jill will give birth to a very smart baby.

你和吉尔生下了一个聪明伶俐的孩子。

His wife² recently³ gave⁴ birth to a beautiful baby daughter.

他老婆最近生下了一个美丽的小女孩。

You think it's easy to give birth to seven children?

你觉得生 7 个孩子容易吗？

对话：

A: Gina gave birth to twins last Saturday.

吉娜上个星期六生下了一对双胞胎。

B: Her husband⁵ must be so happy!

她老公一定很开心吧！

1 birth   

n.出身，血统，出生，诞生，出现，起源

参考例句：

• She gave birth to a fine healthy baby.她生了一个健康可爱的婴儿。
• She supports birth control.她赞成计划生育。

2 wife   

n.妻子，太太，老婆

参考例句：

• She is my wife.她是我妻子。
• He is a tall man but his wife is a short woman.他是个子很高的男人，但他妻子很矮。

3 recently   

adv.近来，最近

参考例句：

• The book was published as recently as last week.这本书上周刚出版。
• The weather has been very snowy recently.近来天气多雪。

4 gave   

vbl.（give的过去式）给予，产生，发表

参考例句：

• He asked for money and I gave him some.他要钱，我给了他一些。
• I gave you a map so you wouldn't get lost. 我给你一张地图，这样你就不会迷路了。

5 husband   

n.丈夫

参考例句：

• My husband just lost his job.我老公刚刚失业了。
• I visited my daughter and her husband.我去看望我的女儿和女婿。