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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I am, Miss Zhao, said Wei Hua. Today is Saturday, September 19th.
“是我，赵小姐，”魏华说，“今天是9月19日，星期六。
They all looked at a big and noisy machine in another corner of the machine shop.
他们全都看着机械车间另一角落的一台又大又嘈杂的机器。
Why? English is the first language in none of these countries.
为什么？在这些国家中英语都不是第一语言。