nurture

英 ['nɜːtʃə(r)] 美 ['nɜːrtʃər]

• vt. 养育；培育；照顾；扶持
• n. 养育；培育；环境因素

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 养育,培育,培养

   give care and food to; cause or encourage to develop

n. (名词)

1. [U]教养,培育

   education, training, and care, especially as these concern development

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 培育，培养
2. 养育，教养，教育
3. 营养物，营养品
4. 食物
5. 环境因素
6. 训练
7. 照顾
8. 滋养

v. 动词

1. 养育，教养，养护
2. 培育，培植，培养
3. 抱有
4. 扶植，扶持
5. 积聚
6. 给…营养，给…营养物，滋养
7. 帮助，支持
8. 给与营养物
9. 滋长，助长

英英释义

Noun:

1. the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

2. helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community;

   "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
   

Verb:

1. help develop, help grow;

   "nurture his talents"
   

2. bring up;

   "raise a family"
   "bring up children"
   

3. provide with nourishment;

   "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"
   "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. She nurtured the child as if he had been her own.
   她把那个孩子当作自己的孩子来教育。
2. Most vegetables we buy in winter are nurtured in the greenhouse.
   我们冬天买的大多数蔬菜都是在温室里培育的。
3. We have to care for and nurture the plant first.
   我们必须先要照顾灌溉树木。
4. They are best friends and nurture each other.
   他们是最好的朋友，并且相互扶持。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The child got his nurture from his loving parents.
   这个孩子的教育来自他慈爱的双亲。
2. The two brothers received very different nurture.
   这两个兄弟接受过极不同的教育。
3. The tree grows well in his nurture.
   在他的培育下这棵树长得很好。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. He has nurtured the child 10 years.
   他养育了这个孩子十年。
2. She is looking fondly at the plants he had nurtured.
   她喜爱地看着他培育的植物。
3. He nurtured a good son.
   他培养了一个好孩子。
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4. Plants are nurtured in the greenhouse.
   植物在温室里培育。

用作名词 (n.)

1. Everyone shall have a good nurture.
   每个人都应有一个好的教养。
2. The tree grows well in his nurture.
   在他的培育下这棵树长得很好。

经典引文

• This crime..done by one of her years and nurture..was unspeakable.

  出自： R. Hughes

• By solemn vision, and bright silver dream, His infancy was nurtured.

  出自： Shelley

• Most of our trees were planted and carefully nurtured.

  出自： H. Belloc

• Bred of the..country itself, nurtured from its plains and streams.

  出自： W. C. Williams

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• nurture personnel 培养员工

～+副词

• delicately nurture 娇生惯养

～+介词

• nurture in 在…培养

用作名词 (n.)

形容词+～

• good nurture 好的教养

词义辨析

v. (动词)

nurture, cherish, cultivate, foster, nurse

• 这组词都可表示“照料或培育某人或某事”。其区别在于:nurse通常指养育婴儿或幼兽或照料无力自顾的病人; cherish着重指抚育或爱护; cultivate则指培养某种理想中的事物或感情; foster指鼓励、扶植或促进某事物的增长和发展; nurture则强调对后来发展起决定作用的教养或训练。例如:
• All her time goes into nursing her old father.她的全部时间都用来看护她的老父亲。
• They have cherished the child as one of their own.他们把这个小孩当作自己的亲生子女来抚养。
• He cultivates an appreciation of abstract art.他培养对抽象艺术的鉴赏力。
• The mother tried to foster her son's interest in music by taking him to concerts when he was young.母亲设法培养儿子对音乐的兴趣,在他很小的时候就带他去参加音乐会。
• Nurture your mind with good reading.以优秀的读物来发展你的心智。

近反义词

【近义词】

• foster
• raise
• train