begetting
v. <文>为…之生父( beget的现在分词 ); 产生,引起
To beget something means to cause it to happen or be created.
Poverty begets debt...
穷则债聚。
Economic tensions beget political ones.
经济紧张导致政治紧张。
When a man begets a child, he becomes the father of that child.
He wanted to beget an heir.
他想生个子嗣。
It was widely believed that James'early dissipations had left him incapable of begetting a son.
人们普通认为,詹姆士早年生活放荡,致使他不能生育子嗣.