paternity

paternity — 名詞

1. a man's status as a child's father, especially in legal or official records.

1.名詞C1
釋義

生父身分

指身為孩子父親，常涉正式確認

a man's status as a child's father, especially in legal or official records.

例句

The court ordered a DNA test to prove the child's paternity.

法院下令做 DNA 檢測，以證明那名孩子的生父身分。

prove paternity in legal context

Marcus accepted paternity and began sending money for the baby.

Marcus 承認自己是孩子的父親，之後開始寄錢給那個嬰兒。

accept paternity after birth

同義詞
  • fatherhood

    broader and more personal; often about the experience of being a father, not formal proof

  • parentage

    formal and family-history focused; can refer to both parents, not only the father

  • lineage

    broader and often historical; refers to family descent across generations

反義詞
  • maternity

    the formal relation of being a mother

  • motherhood

    the everyday state or experience of being a mother

文法句型

prove paternity

establish paternity

deny paternity

accept paternity

用法筆記

Common after verbs like prove, establish, deny, and accept. More formal than fatherhood, and often used in legal, medical, or official documents.

常見錯誤

❌The court asked about his fatherhood.
✅The court asked about his paternity.
💡In legal or medical contexts, 'paternity' is the formal noun.

2. the position of being the first creator of an idea, method, or product.

2.名詞C2
釋義

首創

指想法或產品最早由誰提出

the position of being the first creator of an idea, method, or product.

例句

At the museum, historians still debate the paternity of the first telephone design.

歷史學家仍在爭論，電話最早的設計究竟是誰首創的。

the paternity of + invention

The newspaper credited Chen with paternity of the bike-share plan.

那篇報導稱 Chen 是共享單車計畫的首創者。

同義詞
  • origin

    broader and more general; can describe where anything starts

  • authorship

    used especially for books, articles, and written ideas

  • invention

    best when the new thing is a device, tool, or technique

文法句型

the paternity of + idea

the paternity of + product

credit someone with paternity

用法筆記

Usually followed by 'of' and found in formal writing. Distinguish from sense 1 (FATHER STATUS): this sense is about who first created something, not about family relations.

常見錯誤

❌The factory handled the paternity of 500 chairs.
✅The factory handled the production of 500 chairs.
💡This sense is about first creation or origin, not routine manufacturing.

paternity — 形容詞