engender
/ɪnˈdʒendə(r)/verb
with obj.
1- cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition)造成, 引起, 产生(情感, 局势, 情况):
the issue engendered continuing controversy.
这个问题引起了不断的争论。
1.1
- archaic (of a father) beget (offspring)〈古〉(父亲)生(子女)。
词源
Middle English (formerly also as ingender ): from Old French engendrer, from Latin ingenerare, from in- 'in' + generare 'beget' (see GENERATE).