1·Religions spawned pilgrims or settlers; wars drove refugees before them and made new land available for the conquerors; political upheavals displaced thousands or millions.
宗教催生了朝圣者或移民；战争把难民赶在他们面前，给征服者提供了新土地；政治动荡使成千上万人流离失所。
2·The Great Depression and the hardship it caused spawned many classics of American literature that have since become fodder for high school English classes across the nation.
大萧条以及其造成的苦难，催生了许多美国经典文学，这些经典后来成为全国各地高中英语课的教材。
3·In Europe, the Orient Express earned a reputation for ostentatious luxury and spawned several rivals.
在欧洲，东方快车以装饰极度奢华而闻名，并催生了好几个竞争者。
4·The policy has spawned several initiatives: for example, a convivial round of “Iftar” talks in Saudi Arabia during the holy month of Ramadan in 2008.
该政策已经催生了一些措施：例如，2008年的斋月圣月期间在沙特阿拉伯举行的一轮气氛欢快友好的“斋月”会谈。
5·They're calling it Carbox, and it's inspired a green streak in corporate culture--and spawned a cottage industry to deal with the problem.
他们叫它“傻班斯碳”，法案把绿丝带引入了企业文化——这催生了一个家庭手工行业来解决这个问题。
1·Their concerns also change: China's income per head is now at levels that have spawned powerful environmental anxieties elsewhere.
他们的关注点也会发生改变：中国人均收入现在的水平，已经引起其他国家对环境的强烈担忧。