maternal

英 [məˈtɜːnl]

美 [məˈtɜːrnl]

adj.  母亲的; 母亲般慈爱的; 作为母亲的; 母系的; 母亲方面的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 母亲的；母亲般慈爱的
  having feelings that are typical of a caring mother towards a child
  1. maternal love
     母爱
  2. I'm not very maternal.
     我不太像个母亲。
  3. She didn't have any maternal instincts.
     她没有一点做母亲的天性。
• 母亲的；作为母亲的
  connected with being a mother
  1. Maternal age affects the baby's survival rate.
     母亲的年龄影响婴儿的成活率。
• 母系的；母亲方面的
  related through the mother's side of the family
  1. my maternal grandfather (= my mother's father)
     我的外祖父

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 母亲般的;慈母般的
  Maternalis used to describe feelings or actions which are typical of those of a kind mother towards her child.
  1. She had little maternal instinct...
     她缺乏母性。
  2. Her feelings towards him were almost maternal.
     她对他的感情是近乎母亲般的。
• ADJ 母亲的;母性的
  Maternalis used to describe things that relate to the mother of a baby.
  1. Maternal smoking can damage the unborn child.
     母亲吸烟会对胎儿造成不良影响。
• ADJ 母亲一方的;母系的
  Amaternalrelative is one who is related through a person's mother rather than their father.
  1. Her maternal grandfather was Mayor of Karachi.
     她的外公是卡拉奇市的市长。

双语例句

• There are significant health implications of prepregnancy maternal obesity for both mother and child.
  怀孕前母亲的肥胖症对母亲和其孩子来说都有着显著的涉及健康的含意。
• Her feelings towards him were almost maternal.
  她对他的感情是近乎母亲般的。
• Genetic abnormalities are more often associated with faults in paternal DNA than in maternal DNA.
  相对于母本DNA，基因畸变往往更多地与父本DNA上的缺陷相关。
• As the United States, we want those countries with high maternal mortality rate, said;
  作为美国，我们想对那些有着产妇死亡率偏高的国家说；
• Early evidence shows that HIV may have a significant impact on maternal mortality.
  初步证据表明，艾滋病毒可能对孕产妇死亡率有显著影响。
• They are not included in the Millennium Development Goals for improving maternal health and reducing child mortality.
  它未被纳入改善孕产妇健康和降低儿童死亡率的千年发展目标之内。
• The hospital deploys extensive outreach clinics in child and maternal health by car and plane.
  医院通过汽车和飞机部署了广泛的诊所扩大儿童和孕产妇卫生保健服务。
• Call his father and him maternal divorce!
  叫他父亲和他母亲离婚！
• Monitoring and evaluating the burden of maternal and newborn ill-health and its impact on societies and their socio-economic development.
  监测和评价孕产妇和新生儿健康不良的负担及其对社会和社会经济发展的影响。
• I must have appealed to her maternal instincts.
  我一定启发了她母性的本能。