關於Infertile的意思和用法的提問

A: sentence 1: The woman is infertile, so getting pregnant was becoming difficult.
sentence 2: The soil is infertile and barren.
sentence 3: The couple went for counseling after being diagnosed with infertility problems.

A: Sterility is the inability to conceive and infertility is the inability to complete a full term pregnancy and give birth to a healthy child.

A: @Jingjing_Hung when talking about soil, use the word infertile / fertile

A: "Infertile" always means incapable of reproduction. "Sterile" can mean infertile, or it can mean completely free of life. Medical equipment must be made sterile by killing all microorganisms on it before it can be used.

A: I think (just off the top of my head) there might be a slight bias for infertile referring to women and sterile referring to men. It would sound more natural to say "He is sterile" and "She is infertile" than "He is infertile" and "She is sterile".