cultivate

vt. 培养；陶冶；耕作

vt.

耕作，种植；教养，栽培；改善；交朋友

变形

过去式：cultivated过去分词：cultivated现在分词：cultivating第三人称单数：cultivates

双语释义

vt. 耕作,种植 prepare and use (land, soil, etc.) for growing crops

vt. 陶冶思想、感情 make (the mind, feelings, etc.) more educated and refined

vt. 培养(友谊) encourage the growth of (friendship with sb)

英英释义

cultivate[ 'kʌltiveit ]

v.

foster the growth of

prepare for crops

"cultivate the land"

同义词：cropwork

train to be discriminative in taste or judgment

同义词：educateschooltraincivilizecivilise

adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

同义词：domesticatenaturalizenaturalisetame

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

cultivate bacteria fertilizers培养细菌肥料

cultivate edible seaweed〔kelp〕培养食用海草〔海带〕

cultivate cadres培养干部

cultivate faculty培养能力

cultivate a friendship培养友谊

cultivate land耕种

cultivate a love of art培养对艺术的爱好

cultivate a moustache留胡子

cultivate a taste for music培养对音乐的兴趣

～+副词

cultivate assiduously专心致志地培养

cultivate continuously不断地培养

cultivate diligently细心地培养

cultivate extensively普遍种植

cultivate fastidiously过分讲究地培养

cultivate freely随便种植

cultivate generously通常种植

cultivate intensively集中地培养

cultivate intellectually智力地培养

cultivate passionately多情地培养

cultivate profitably有益地培养

cultivate sedulously小心周到地种植

cultivate systematically系统地培养

～+介词

cultivate in citizenship对市民进行教育

cultivate with rice〔cotton, vegetables〕种植水稻〔棉花,蔬菜〕

词组短语

cultivate talents培养人才

同近义词辨析

这组词都有“照料、培育”的意思，其区别是：

cherish强调抚育或爱抚。

nurse通常指对无力自顾的婴儿、病人等进行照料或护理。

cultivate具体意义指耕耘、培育植物；抽象意义指培养兴趣或向往的理想事物。

foster指对孩子的关心、鼓励、供养及抚养其成长；也指鼓励、促进事物的增长与发展。

tend指出于责任心、博爱心而不是私人感情去对人或物进行照顾。

双语例句

用作及物动词(vt.)

He was granted many privileges to cultivate crops.
他被给予许多特权来培育农作物。

They moved to the country to cultivate the soil .
他们搬到乡下去种地。

The people cultivate mainly rice and beans.
这里的人们主要种植稻子和豆类。

Father tries to cultivate my love for art.
父亲企图培养我对艺术的爱好。

Tom tried to cultivate good study habits.
汤姆试着去培养良好的读书习惯。

It takes some time to cultivate a new friendship.
培育新的友情需要花费一些时间。

Extensive reading can cultivate your mind.
广泛阅读能陶冶你的心性。

He always tries to cultivate famous people.
他总是结交名人。

You must cultivate people who can help you in business.
你得结交在业务上对你有用的人。

权威例句

cultivate (v.)

early 17c., from Medieval Latin cultivatus, past participle of cultivare "to cultivate," from Late Latin cultivus "tilled," from Latin cultus (see cult). Figurative sense of "improve by training or education" is from 1680s. Related: Cultivable; cultivated; cultivating.

1. The people cultivate mainly rice and beans.

这里的人们主要种植稻子和豆类。

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2. How do we cultivate positive emotions?

我们该如何培养积极的情感呢？

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3. I want to cultivate the relationship with myself.

我想培养和自己的关系。

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4. Whole villages began to cultivate fruit and vegetables.

整个村庄开始种植水果和蔬菜。

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5. Harmonious relationships are what many companies aim to cultivate.

许多公司都致力于培养和谐的关系。

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6. We must cultivate compassion for ourselves, for others and for our survival.

我们必须为了自己，他人及我们的生存去培养怜悯之心。

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7. The word "culture" comes from the Latin "colere", which literally means "to cultivate".

“文化”这个词来自拉丁语“colere”，字面意思是“培养”。

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8. On the other hand, studios also had to cultivate flexibility, in addition to consistent factory output.

另一方面，除了工厂产出的一致性之外，电影公司还必须培养灵活性。

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9. The primary goal of a university is to train talents, and teaching is the main way to cultivate talents.

高等学校的首要目标是培养人才，教学是培养人才的主要途径。

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10. If we cultivate just that kind of plant, we only put tiny amounts of energy in and the plants still grow nicely.

如果我们只种植那种植物，我们只需投入少量的能量，并且植物仍然可以良好地生长。

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11. At the primary level, the main aim is to cultivate good habits, like learning to plan and exercising self-discipline.

在小学阶段，主要目的是培养良好的习惯，如学会做计划和锻炼自律的能力。

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12. On the positive side, when we cultivate these things, it also helps us deal much better with the negative when dead arises.

在积极的一方面，当我们注重培养这些事物，它就会在死者出现时，帮助我们更好地处理消极因素。

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13. The ants therefore cultivate these fungi in their nests, bringing them leaves to feed on, and then use them as a source of food.

"因此，蚂蚁在它们的巢中培养这些菌类，用叶子喂养它们，然后把它们当作食物来源。

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14. Because the ants play the behaviorally active role, it seems compelling to say that they cultivate and control the passive fungi.

由于蚂蚁在行为上扮演着积极的角色，它们培育和控制被动真菌的说法似乎很有说服力。

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15. This was an important discovery, because by learning to cultivate the land, and care for animals, mankind would always have food steadily.

这是一项重要的发现，因为通过学习耕作土地，饲养动物，就可以有稳定的食物来源。

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16. Even the Platonic just city will have to cultivate warrior citizens who are prepared to risk life in battle for the sake of their own city.

就算是柏拉图式的正义之城也会需要培养战士，一群准备好以生命作赌注来捍卫其所属城市的公民。

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17. It was once thought that the fungus that ants cultivate was a single type that they had propagated, essentially unchanged from the distant past.

人们曾经认为，蚂蚁培育的真菌是它们繁殖的一种单一品种，自远古时期以来基本上没有改变。

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18. We should cultivate tools for exercising skepticism about what we read because we cannot rely on the reviewers or the media to be skeptical for us.

我们应该培养一些对我们所读的东西行使怀疑权的工具，因为我们不能依靠审稿人，或是媒体来替我们保持怀疑的态度。

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19. It is fine and healthy for teens to cultivate their personal interests, and it is good news when young people enjoy harmonious relations with their family and friends.

青少年培养个人兴趣是有益的、健康的，而且年轻人与他们的家人和朋友相处融洽是一个好消息。

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20. 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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21. It helps if you go out of your way to cultivate the local people.

主动结交当地人大有好处。

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22. It's more important to cultivate students' ability to manage themselves.

培养学生自我管理的能力更为重要。

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23. I think growing flowers can cultivate (培养) my sense of responsibility.

我认为种花可以培养我的责任感。

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24. She encourages people of all ages, especially older people, to cultivate their curiosity for life.

她鼓励各个年龄段的人，尤其是老年人，培养自己对生活的好奇心。

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25. What he means is that we are ill because we do not cultivate what we are about enough.

他是说，我们正在生病，是因为我们没有尽力做好我们本该做到的事。

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26. Poor women working in urban areas actively seek to cultivate long-term employer-employee relations.

在城市地区工作的贫穷妇女积极寻求建立长期的劳资关系。

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27. I know that like in Japan, they like to cultivate relationships first before they do business with one another.

我知道，在日本，他们在做生意之前喜欢先经营彼此关系。

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28. Farmers increasingly rent the land they cultivate, which can mean they are less familiar with areas at risk for erosion.

农民越来越多地租用他们耕种的土地，这可能意味着他们会更少了解面临水土流失风险的地区。

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29. When kids participate in sport games just for fun, they will gain pleasure from the games, cultivate friendship with others and develop team spirit.

当孩子们为了娱乐而参与体育运动的时候，他们可以从中获得快乐，与他人建立友谊，并能树立良好的团队精神。

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30. "We're the first to cultivate this bee and the first to provide as much evidence of its potential as red raspberry and blackberry pollinator, " says Cane.

凯恩说：“我们是第一个养殖这种蜂的人，也是第一个提供红莓和黑莓传粉昆虫可能性证据的人。”

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31. Cultivate one's fields

易其田畴

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 习语

32. cultivate bacteria

培植细菌

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

33. cultivate patience

培养耐性

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

34. To cultivate popularity

笼络人心

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 习语

35. cultivate virtue

培养道德

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36. to cultivate the heart and nature; to cultivate oneself

修身养性

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

37. cultivate plant

培育植物

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38. cultivate a habit

养成一种习惯

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39. cultivate pearl

养殖珍珠

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例

40. cultivate the ambition

培植雄心／野心

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]