| 单词 | nurture |
| 释义 | nurtureWord family adjectivenurturablenurturalnurturantnounnurturenurturer nur·ture1 /ˈnɜːtʃə $ ˈnɜːrtʃər/ verb [transitiveT] formal 1 DEVELOPto help a plan, idea, feeling etc to develop 发展〔计划、想法等〕；培养〔感情等〕 European union is an ideal that has been nurtured since the post-war years. 建立欧盟是战后多年来人们一直争取实现的理想。 a hatred of foreigners nurtured by the media 由媒体助长的对外国人的仇恨 2 LOOK AFTER somebodyLOOK AFTER somethingto feed and take care of a child or a plant while it is growing 养育；培育 plants nurtured in the greenhouse 在温室里培育的植物 n Grammar Nurture is usually passive. Examples from the Corpus nurture• He wanted to make people aware of how beautiful the fish were and why they should be nurtured.• From when I was very young, my father had nurtured a love of art in me.• Reading aloud nurtures a love of books in children.• In the I980s, the talk was all about developing, nurturing, and growing.• Giap was nurtured in this roil of rebellion.• The goal of the economic policies is to create jobs and nurture new industries.• It is important to nurture potential in your employees.• One nurtures the plants and selects only the best varieties, discarding the rest.• I was nurturing this comforting thought when I turned into a large assembly room with numbered doors leading from it.• A delicate plant, the Pinot Noir is difficult to nurture through the freezing cold winters of Champagne. Children nurture2 noun [uncountableU] formal SESSCthe education and care that you are given as a child, and the way it affects your later development and attitudes 〔儿时所受的〕教育，教养 Examples from the Corpus nurture• The antagonism between Nature and nurture controls their fate.• With time, you can learn how to influence favorably this interplay of nature and nurture in your child.• This is known as the nature nurture controversy.• She is creative of life and ongoing nurture.• I have never been sure if it was nature or nurture.• That nurture is more important than nature seems to be borne out by a study published in Nature in 1989.• In other words, it is no longer nature versus nurture. (1300-1400) Old French norriture, from Late Latin nutritura, from Latin nutrire; → NUTRIENT |
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