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nurse objHnV:s, $nV:rsv [T]If you nurse someone or an animal, you care for them while they are ill.护理; 照料He gave up his job so that he could nurse his mother at home in her last months.他放弃了工作,这样他就能在他母亲临终前的几个月里留在家里照料她。They found an injured cat and carefully nursed it back to health (= cared for it until it was well again).他们发现了一只受伤的猫,他们细心地照料它直到它恢复健康。If you nurse something such as a plant, you spend a lot of time taking care of it.养护; 培养These young trees were carefully nursed by the head gardener.这个花匠领班细心养护着这些树苗。The project will have to be nursed through its first few months.这项工程必须在它最初的几个月里得到扶植。If you nurse an illness or injury, you rest until it gets better.调养; 调治Robert's in bed nursing a back injury.罗伯特躺在床上调养背部的伤。To nurse a child is to hold it lovingly in your arms as a way of comforting it.搂; 抱He nursed the crying child on his lap.他把这个啼哭的孩子抱在膝盖上。If you nurse a desire or an emotion, you feel it for a long time.抱有; 怀有(某种欲望、情感)She has long nursed a passion for Japanese art.长期以来他一直对日本艺术怀有一种热情。To nurse a drink is to hold it for a long time without drinking it.拿着(饮料而)不喝Mark was sitting in the corner of the pub nursing an almost empty pint glass.马克坐在这家小酒馆的角落里,手里久久地拿着一只几乎空了的一品脱大酒杯。
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