incubation
意味: The process of keeping eggs warm so that they will hatch; the period between exposure to an infection and the appearance of symptoms; the development of something over time.
Incubation has biological, medical, and business meanings. In biology, birds and reptiles incubate eggs. In medicine, the incubation period is a critical concept for understanding disease transmission. In business, 'incubation' describes programmes that nurture start-up companies. It collocates with 'period,' 'time,' 'egg,' and 'business.'
例文
- The incubation period for chickenpox is typically fourteen to sixteen days after exposure. 水痘的潜伏期通常为接触后十四至十六天。El período de incubación de la varicela es normalmente de catorce a dieciséis días tras la exposición.水痘の潜伏期間は、曝露後通常14日から16日である。수두의 잠복기는 노출 후 보통 14일에서 16일이다.
- The hen abandoned her nest before the incubation of the eggs was complete. 母鸡在蛋孵化完成之前就弃巢而去了。La gallina abandonó el nido antes de que la incubación de los huevos se completara.雌鶏は卵の孵化が完了する前に巣を放棄した。암탉은 알의 부화가 완료되기 전에 둥지를 버렸다.
- The university runs a business incubation programme that has helped launch over fifty successful start-ups. 这所大学运营着一个商业孵化项目,已帮助五十多家成功的初创企业起步。La universidad gestiona un programa de incubación empresarial que ha ayudado a poner en marcha más de cincuenta empresas emergentes con éxito.その大学は、50社以上の成功したスタートアップの立ち上げを支援してきたビジネスインキュベーションプログラムを運営している。그 대학은 50개 이상의 성공적인 스타트업 창업을 지원해 온 비즈니스 인큐베이션 프로그램을 운영하고 있다.
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使い方ガイド
場面: academic, professional, media
トーン: neutral
起源と歴史
From Latin incubare (to lie upon, brood), from in- (upon) + cubare (to lie down). The original sense of a bird sitting on eggs extended to disease (an infection 'lying' in the body) and then to nurturing ideas or enterprises.
文化的背景
Era: Modern
Generation: All ages
Social background: Universal
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