infertility
infertility — 名詞
1. a medical condition that prevents a person, animal, or plant from having offspri
不孕
無法自然懷孕或生育的狀態
a medical condition that prevents a person, animal, or plant from having offspring or reproducing in the usual way.
Mei could not get pregnant for two years and saw a specialist about her infertility.
Mei 兩年都無法懷孕，於是去看了不孕症專科醫師。
collocation: visit a specialist about infertility
Tests showed that the source of Elena's infertility was an imbalance in her thyroid hormone.
檢查顯示 Elena 不孕的原因是甲狀腺荷爾蒙失調。
collocation: source of infertility
IVF treatment helped Noa overcome infertility and start a family in her early forties.
試管嬰兒療程幫助 Noa 克服不孕，在四十出頭建立了家庭。
collocation: overcome infertility
Priya's doctor ordered blood tests to find out whether hormone issues were causing her infertility.
Priya 的醫師安排了血液檢查，以了解荷爾蒙問題是否導致她不孕。
collocation: causing infertility
For couples struggling to conceive, infertility can put a heavy strain on their relationship.
對於努力想懷孕的伴侶來說，不孕可能對他們的關係造成沉重壓力。
collocation: put a strain on [relationship]
- cause infertility
- treat infertility
- infertility treatment
- infertility clinic
- male infertility
- female infertility
- unexplained infertility
- sterility
stronger and more final — implies a complete, often permanent inability to have children; less common in everyday clinic talk
- barrenness
old-fashioned and often used for land or animals; can sound harsh or judgmental when used for people
- subfertility
a medical term that describes reduced fertility rather than a total inability; more precise but less widely understood
- fertility
the natural ability to produce offspring; the direct opposite
文法句型
infertility + verb
cause / treat + infertility
用法筆記
Infertility is an uncountable noun. It is used in both medical contexts (diagnosis, treatment) and personal contexts (discussing family planning). The opposite is fertility.
常見錯誤
同根字
- fertile形容詞B2
- fertility名詞B2
- infertile形容詞B2
- fertilize動詞C1
- fertilization名詞C1
- fertilizer名詞B2