记忆方法
将“maternity”分解为“mat-er-ny”，联想“mat”像一张“毯子”（mat），而“er”可以联想到“妈妈”（mother），加上“-ny”形似“婴儿床”（crib），形成一个画面：一位母亲和她的宝宝在一张婴儿毯上，这样可以帮助记住“maternity”意味着与母亲身份或母婴相关的。
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中文词源
maternity 母亲身份，怀孕
来自maternal,母亲的，-ity,名词后缀。比喻用法。
英语词源
- maternity (n.)
- 1610s, "quality or condition of being a mother," from French maternité "motherhood" (15c.), from Medieval Latin maternitatem (nominative maternitas) "motherhood," from Latin maternus (see maternal). Used from 1893 as a quasi-adjective in reference to garments designed for pregnant women.
权威例句
- 1. Your job will be kept open for your return after maternity leave.
- 你的工作会一直保留到你休完产假回来。
- 2. The boy was born at the city's maternity hospital.
- 这个男孩出生在市妇产医院。
- 3. Maternity services were to be reduced in consequence of falling birth rates.
- 由于出生率下降，产科服务会随之削减。
- 4. Toronto hospital maternity wards were filled to capacity.
- 多伦多医院的产房都已住满了。
- 5. Morisot had experienced maternity herself.
- 莫里佐也曾为人母。