fruitful
/ˈfruːtfl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈfruːtfl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈfrüt-fəl/ (ame, mw)
fruitful — 形容詞
- fruitfulpositive
- more fruitfulcomparative
- most fruitfulsuperlative
1. achieving what was hoped for; bringing about positive or valuable outcomes.
有成果；富成效
帶來良好或有用結果的
achieving what was hoped for; bringing about positive or valuable outcomes.
Wei and her team had a fruitful meeting with the investors yesterday.
Wei 和她的團隊昨天與投資者進行了一場富有成效的會議。
collocation: fruitful meeting
The partnership between Lincoln School and a language institute in Kyoto proved fruitful: forty students won overseas scholarships.
Lincoln School 與京都一家語言機構的合作很有成果：四十名學生獲得了海外獎學金。
prove + fruitful; colon elaborates the outcome
Ananya's research trip to Nairobi was the most fruitful part of her PhD.
Ananya 前往奈洛比的研究之旅是她博士期間最有收穫的部分。
Fatima found the hour-long conversation with her mentor in the campus café deeply fruitful.
Fatima 在學校咖啡館與導師談了一個小時，覺得收穫非常豐富。
Camille's French reading habit proved fruitful: she passed the diplomatic exam on her first try.
Camille 閱讀法文的習慣很有成果：她一次就通過了外交官考試。
- productive
focuses on the volume of output, not necessarily the value of the result
- rewarding
emphasises personal satisfaction rather than objective success
- successful
stresses achieving a specific goal; broader in scope
- fruitless
producing no useful results
- unproductive
failing to produce enough; more about quantity than quality
用法筆記
Collocates strongly with nouns describing effort or cooperation: discussion, meeting, collaboration, partnership, conversation, trip.
常見錯誤
2. describes a person, especially a woman in older or religious writing, who has gi
多子多孫
生育許多子女的（多見於舊時或宗教文本）
describes a person, especially a woman in older or religious writing, who has given birth to many children.
In the old stories, Ravi's great-grandmother was fruitful and raised nine children.
在古老的故事裡，Ravi 的曾祖母多子多孫，養育了九個孩子。
literary register: fruitful = having many children
Psalm 128 describes the fruitful woman whose children sit around her table like young olive trees.
詩篇第128篇描繪那多子多孫的婦人，兒女圍繞桌旁，如幼嫩橄欖樹苗。
Grace's family history records a fruitful couple who had twelve children on the prairie.
Grace 的家族史記錄了一對多子多孫的夫婦，在草原上生了十二個孩子。
Elder Chen of Ping'an village recalled a fruitful marriage from the 1800s that produced eleven children.
平安村的陳長老回憶十九世紀一段多子多孫的婚姻，一共養育了十一個孩子。
Aiko read about a fruitful queen who bore seven heirs to the throne.
Aiko 讀到一位多子多孫的女王，為王位生了七位繼承人。
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1 (GOOD RESULTS): this meaning is limited to having children and appears mainly in older literature, religious texts, and historical accounts.
常見錯誤
3. growing well and producing plenty of fruit, vegetables, or other crops.
結實纍纍
生產大量水果或農作物的
growing well and producing plenty of fruit, vegetables, or other crops.
The apple trees in Chidi's garden were especially fruitful this autumn.
Chidi 花園裡的蘋果樹今年秋天結實纍纍。
fruitful + season: fruitful this autumn
After seven years of careful tending, the Merlot vineyard on the Tuscan hillside finally became fruitful.
經過七年悉心照料，托斯卡尼山坡上的梅洛葡萄園終於結實纍纍。
become fruitful
Olga's vegetable patch proved fruitful even during the dry summer months.
Olga 的菜圃即使在乾燥的夏季月份依然結實纍纍。
The farming couple cheered when their once-barren hillside grew fruitful again, every branch bending with plums.
那對農家夫婦看到曾經貧瘠的山坡地再次結實纍纍，每根枝條都被李子壓彎了腰，高聲歡呼起來。
Santiago planted a fruitful lemon tree that fed the whole neighbourhood.
Santiago 種了一棵檸檬樹，結實纍纍，養活了整個社區。
- fertile
focuses on the soil or land's capacity to support growth
- productive
emphasises high yield; also used for farmland
- lush
describes healthy, thick growth rather than the yield itself
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1 (GOOD RESULTS): this sense is literal, referring to plants and crops rather than abstract results.