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词源词缀 来自germ，萌芽。-germ-生殖，出生+-in名词词尾+-ate动词词尾 单词解说 来自germ，萌芽。

中文词源： germinate 萌芽 来自germ, 萌芽。 germinate
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The idea for the organization began to germinate 16 years ago .

文斯在16年前就萌发了创建这样一个组织的想法。

And although the seeds of some plants don 't remain viable for long , the seeds of others can germinate after sitting in the soil for decades or ( occasionally ) centuries .

虽然很多种植物的种子时间久了就不能再萌发，但是有另外一下埋在地下几十年甚至数个世纪后仍能发芽。

But as my friend flemming says , sometimes you have to wait for the old deadwood hogging all the sunlight to collapse before the new seeds can germinate ( or else you need to be a fungus ) .

但正如我的朋友弗莱明所言：有的时候我们不得不要等待旧的枯枝土崩瓦解，新的种子才可以发芽（或许，你会成为一种菌类）。

The point is that theses seeds aren 't going to be " cared for , " rather they 're going to be dispersed , and each seed will rely on the luck of its landing to germinate and grow .

关键在于这些种子不会受到“照顾”，各个种子都只能靠运气才能掉在土地上发芽和生长。

Most notably , as jon keeley , an ecologist at america 's geological survey , pointed out to the meeting , the seeds of between 100 and 150 species of californian wild flower germinate in response to smoke .

更明显地，如同jonkeeley一位来自美国地质调查局的生态学家在会上所指出的，加利福尼亚约有100到150种花卉的种子在有烟的情况下才会萌芽。