maternal

adj. 母亲的；母性的；母系的；母体遗传的

adj.

母亲的；母亲般的；母系的；母亲方面的

双语释义

母亲的；母亲般的 related to a mother

英英释义

maternal[ mə'tə:nl ]

adj.

characteristic of a mother

"warm maternal affection for her guest"

relating to or derived from one's mother

"maternal genes"

relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent

同义词：parentalpaternal

related on the mother's side

"my maternal grandmother"

同义词：enateenatic

词组短语

maternal and child health妇幼卫生；母婴健康

maternal love母亲的爱

maternal mortality产妇死亡率，母性死亡率；母死率

maternal instinct n. 母性本能

maternal antibody母体抗体

maternal mortality rate产妇死亡率

maternal grandfather外公，外祖父

maternal smoking母亲吸烟

maternal grandmother外祖母；外婆；姥姥

maternal inheritance母体遗传

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

She feels very maternal towards him.
她对他充满母爱。

Maternal age affects the baby's survival rate.
母亲的年龄影响婴儿的成活率。

My maternal grandfather is coming.
我的外祖父要来了。

On the maternal side his inheritance was a happy one.
他从母方接受的遗传是良好的。

Your maternal instincts go deeper than you think.
你的母性本能远比你想像的强。

权威例句

maternal

maternal: [15] Maternal and maternity [17] are the central English representatives of the Romance-language branch of the great Indo- European ‘mother’ word-family. Both go back to Latin māter ‘mother’ (source of French mère and Italian and Spanish madre), whose derived adjective māternus reached English via Old French maternel. Other English words that come ultimately from māter include material and matter, matrix [16] (from which also come madrigal and matriculate [16], etymologically ‘enter on a matrix or list’), and matrimony [14].=> mother

maternal (adj.)

late 15c., from Old French maternel (14c.), from Vulgar Latin *maternalis, from Latin maternus "maternal, of a mother," from mater "mother" (see mother (n.1)).

1. I have no desire to have a child, no maternal or paternal instinct.

我没有想要孩子的意愿，没有母性的或父性的本能。

2. Through maternal attachment, we begin to learn who we are and what we feel and to acquire the ability to interact with others.

通过与母亲的联接我们开始了解我们是谁，我们有什么感觉，学得与其他人进行互动的功能。

3. Any gains from having more than one offspring at a time might be expected to be like higher infant and maternal mortality rates.

每次从多于一个孩子那里获得的比期望的更多，通常会伴随着较高的婴儿死亡率和母亲死亡率。

4. Strong maternal support may explain why so many politicians put their mothers up on a pedestal and invoke them so often to such great effect.

母亲的强力支持或许能解释为什么有那么多的政治家将自己的母亲推向前台，并且收到很好的效果。

5. There was a dreaminess, a preoccupation, an exaltation, in the maternal look which the girl could not understand.

在母亲的脸上，有一种女儿不明白的朦胧恍馏、心不在焉和洋洋得意的神情。

6. Its influence persists in the presence of family stressors such as the father’s absence and maternal anxiety or depression.

若存在家庭压力，如父亲离家以及母亲焦虑或抑郁，严重体罚的影响就会持续下去。

7. The risk of maternal influenza to the fetus is the same throughout pregnancy.

在整个妊娠期，母亲流感对胎儿的危险是同样严重的。

8. Scientists believe that the high level of the female hormone in ultra feminine women creates a strong maternal instinct to have babies.

科学家相信，非常女性化的女人具有高水平的雌激素。这会创造生育小孩的强大母性本能。

9. In short, maternal instinct is wonderful, but it has its limits.

总之，母性本能是美好的，但它有其局限性。

10. HAPPY for all her maternal feelings was the day on which Mrs. Bennet got rid of her two most deserving daughters.

班纳特太太两个最值得疼爱的女儿出嫁的那一天，正是她做母亲的生平最高兴的一天。

11. Over the course of evolution, it was rare for our maternal ancestors to be full-time mothers, said Brizendine, because there was always kin-folk around to help with child rearing.

在历史的演化过程中，我们的母性祖先做个全职妈妈是很罕见的，布里曾丹说，因为他们身边总有亲朋好友来帮助养育儿女。

12. Distance decay was attenuated by increased levels of maternal education.

随着母亲教育水平的提高,距离衰减减弱。

13. Maternal anxiety or depression increased the risk only for children or adolescents not exposed to severe punishment.

母亲的焦虑或抑郁只增加未遭受严重体罚的儿童、青少年遇到此类问题的风险。

14. During his second day in the country, Wolfowitz met with women’s groups at the Bank Group office and visited Saint Camille Hospital, the largest health center for maternal and early childhood health.

在该国访问的第二天，沃尔福威茨在银行集团办公室会见了妇女团体，并参观了最大的母亲与早产儿健康护理中心 --圣卡米尔医院。

15. From time to time, I even frequent the fast-growing online genealogy databases, scanning for others of the same maternal lineage.

时而不时我甚至会登陆快速增长的在线基因数据库，想找到其他有同样母系血统的人。

16. The scientists found evidence of a number of diseases that are related to maternal malnutrition and poor prenatal care.

科学家发现了大量的与母体遗传的营养不良和贫乏的产前保健相关的病毒的证据。

17. The St Andrews University scientists believe their finding can be explained by the female sex hormone oestrogen , with high levels making features softer and nurturing the maternal instinct.

圣安德鲁斯大学的科学家认为他们的研究发现可以用雌激素来解释，较高的雌激素水平会让五官更柔和，并会激发母性本能。

18. He added: "Pregnancy is uniquely sensitive to a challenging maternal psychosocial environment - much more than, for example, after the baby is born.

他补充道：“怀孕是独特的敏感,以一个具有挑战性的母亲的心理环境,远不止,例如,在婴儿出生。

19. The earliest history of Mothers Day dates back to the ancient annual spring festival the Greeks dedicated to maternal goddesses.

对母亲节的历史最早可以追溯到古代的一年一度的春节献给母亲女神希腊人。

20. The work confirms previous indications of the six maternal lineages, he said.

他说，他们的研究证实了先前对六例母系血统的推测。

21. The work confirms previous indications of the six maternal lineages, he said.

他说，他们的研究证实了先前对六例母系血统的推测。