| 词汇 | birthrate |
| 释义 | birthrate noun[ C ] us/ˈbɜrθˌreɪt/ a measure of how many children are born during a period of time in a particular place: Officials expressed concern over Quebec’s declining birthrate. Examples of birthratebirthrate Questions of natality and birthrate had been at the top of the national agenda from the end of the nineteenth century. It was not modified by differences in the birthrate. If this is a correct interpretation, how has it affected the policy-making process with regard to the falling birthrate? If resources and standards of living were commensurate, there would be no need to reduce birthrates or arrest population growth. Yet the country stands at a crossroads, for the falling birthrate means it faces an unprecedented situation in the ratio of old to young. Security in old age without needing to have a large family has itself been an important factor in the reduction of birthrates in these countries. Secondly, we shall allow a more general birthrate function and a more general deathrate for the matures. The rates of allowance and the period for payments were left unchanged through the 1990s, despite growing public concern about the falling birthrate. At least theoretically, those two problems can be solved without the raising birthrate, and business leaders often prefer such solutions. The falling birthrate may not be stopped by any policy, and it may be useless to discuss the effectiveness of the policies as countermeasures. Domestically, too, those who worked to reduce the birthrate had a sinister motive - to restrain the growth of particular social groups and particular races. Many kindergartens have extra capacity as the number of pupils has reduced due to the falling birthrate. The annual birthrate declined from 109,942 at the beginning of the period to 81,428 in 1983. It should be noted that the falling birthrate was not the motive behind the development at that time. In other words, the government has contributed to the continuously falling birthrate, at least to some extent. See all examples of birthrate These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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