cultivate
cultivate 英 [ˈkʌltɪveɪt] 美 [ˈkʌltəˌvet]
vt. 培养；耕作
进行时:cultivating 过去式:cultivated 过去分词:cultivated 第三人称单数:cultivates 名词复数:cultivates
- To cultivate is to nurture and help grow. Farmers cultivate crops, fundraising professionals cultivate donors, and celebrities cultivate their images.
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- vt. 培养；耕作
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1. The land around here has never been cultivated.
这一带的土地从未开垦过。
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2. The people cultivate mainly rice and beans.
这里的人们主要种植稻米和豆类。
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3. He purposely tried to cultivate good relations with the press.
他特意设法与新闻界搞好关系。
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4. She cultivated an air of sophistication.
她养成了一派精明练达的气度。
- cultivate (v.) early 17c., from Medieval Latin cultivatus, past participle of cultivare "to cultivate," from Late Latin cultivus "tilled," from Latin cultus "care, labor; cultivation," from past participle of colere "to till" (see colony). Figurative sense of "improve by training or education" is from 1680s. Related: Cultivable; cultivated; cultivating.
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