gestate

英[dʒes'teɪt] 美['dʒesteɪt]
  • v. 孕育;构思
gestated gestated gestating gestates
GRE
Verb:
  1. have the idea for;

    "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"
    "This library was well conceived"

  2. be pregnant with;

    "She is bearing his child"
    "The are expecting another child in January"
    "I am carrying his child"

1. It was in ancient times that the thought of pedagogical pragmatics began to gestate and form.
教学语用学思想是从古代开始孕育和形成的。

来自辞典例句

    用作动词 (v.)
    1. It was in ancient times that the thought of pedagogical pragmatics began to gestate and form.
      摘要古代是教学语用学思想的孕育和形成时期。

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