Cultivate
[ 'kʌltɪvet ]
第2级
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vt. 耕作，种植;教养，栽培;改善;交朋友;
💡 词根助记
cult耕种，培养+ivate表动词 → 耕作；培养
📝 例句
cultivate young people in the spirit of communism
用共产主义精神培养青年人
cultivate a person's acquaintance
设法与某人互相更熟悉
China would cultivate its traditional indifference.
中国将保持传统的冷漠态度。
cultivate one's ability
培养才能
It is our duty to cultivate the spirit of boldness and fearlessness.
我们的责任是培育大无畏的精神。
🌱 联想助记
【记】cul-拼音“粗鲁”,tiva-谐音“体委”,te-拼音“特”:粗鲁的体委要求特别培养
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-cult-表示“耕种”
📖 牛津释义
cultivate
v[Tn]
1
(a) prepare and use (land, soil, etc) for growing crops 耕（地等）; 耕作.
(b) grow (crops) 种植（庄稼）.
2
(a) make (the mind, feelings, etc) more educated and refined 陶冶（思想、 感情等）
reading the best authors in an attempt to cultivate her mind 她为陶冶情操而阅读最优秀作家的作品.
(b) (sometimes derog 有时作贬义) (try to) acquire or develop (a relationship, an attitude, etc) （力求）建立或发展（某种关系）、 采取（某种态度）
cultivating the friendship of influential people 巴结有权势的人
cultivate an air of indifference 采取无动於衷的态度.
(c) (sometimes derog 有时作贬义) (try to) win the friendship or support of (sb) （力求）获得（某人）的友谊或支持
You must cultivate people who can help you in business. 你得结交在业务上对你有用的人.
🎯 考研助记
agriculture农业-cult(耕作) culture(n.文化):cultivate(v.耕作):difficult(困难是因为不耕耘)
🔁 扩展释义
*['kʌltiveit]vt. 培养, 耕作
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Yes, I have. I found it in my bag five minutes ago.
是的，找到了。五分钟以前在我的书包里找到的。
They're dangerous!
它们是很危险的！
They saw many old things on show in glass-topped tables.
他们看到了在带玻璃罩的桌子里展出的许多古老的东西。