(noun.) the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring.
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双语例句
The rent of land not only varies with its fertility, whatever be its produce, but with its situation, whatever be its fertility. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
Independently of the question of fertility, the offspring of species and of varieties when crossed may be compared in several other respects. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
So that here we have perfect, or even more than commonly perfect fertility, in a first cross between two distinct species. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
In the heath's barrenness to the farmer lay its fertility to the historian. 托马斯·哈代.还乡.
Waste lands, of the greatest natural fertility, are to be had for a trifle. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
For four thousand years its waters have not gone dry or its fertility failed. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
When the capitals are equal, and equally well applied, it is in proportion to their natural fertility. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
That of a metallic mine depends more upon its fertility, and less upon its situation. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
If we thus argue in a circle, the fertility of all varieties produced under nature will assuredly have to be granted. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
Several considerations, however, render the fertility of domestic varieties less remarkable. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
These cases serve to show on what slight and mysterious causes the lesser or greater fertility of a species sometimes depends. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
We should rejoice at that, for profusion means fertility; where a dead uniformity ceases, invention and ingenuity flourish. 沃尔特·李普曼.政治序论.
The fertility, both of first crosses and of hybrids, is more easily affected by unfavourable conditions, than is that of pure species. 查尔斯·达尔文.物种起源.
In no one thing has man shown greater fertility of invention than in lighting; to nothing does he cling more tenaciously than to his devices for furnishing light. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
The value, both of their produce and of their rent, is in proportion to their absolute, and not to their relative fertility. 亚当·斯密.国富论.