infertility
infertility — 名詞
1. a medical condition that prevents a person, animal, or plant from having offspri
不孕
無法自然懷孕或生育的狀態
a medical condition that prevents a person, animal, or plant from having offspring or reproducing in the usual way.
Mei could not get pregnant for two years and saw a specialist about her infertility.
Mei 兩年都無法懷孕，於是去看了不孕症專科醫師。
collocation: visit a specialist about infertility
Tests showed that the source of Elena's infertility was an imbalance in her thyroid hormone.
檢查顯示 Elena 不孕的原因是甲狀腺荷爾蒙失調。
collocation: source of infertility
IVF treatment helped Noa overcome infertility and start a family in her early forties.
試管嬰兒療程幫助 Noa 克服不孕，在四十出頭建立了家庭。
Priya's doctor ordered blood tests to find out whether hormone issues were causing her infertility.
Priya 的醫師安排了血液檢查，以了解荷爾蒙問題是否導致她不孕。
For couples struggling to conceive, infertility can put a heavy strain on their relationship.
對於努力想懷孕的伴侶來說，不孕可能對他們的關係造成沉重壓力。
- sterility
stronger and more final — implies a complete, often permanent inability to have children; less common in everyday clinic talk
- barrenness
old-fashioned and often used for land or animals; can sound harsh or judgmental when used for people
- subfertility
a medical term that describes reduced fertility rather than a total inability; more precise but less widely understood
- fertility
the natural ability to produce offspring; the direct opposite
文法句型
infertility + verb
cause / treat + infertility
用法筆記
Infertility is an uncountable noun. It is used in both medical contexts (diagnosis, treatment) and personal contexts (discussing family planning). The opposite is fertility.