with obj.
1- care for and encourage the growth or development of养育, 培养：
figurative 〈喻〉my father nurtured my love of art.
我父亲培养了我对艺术的热爱。
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- cherish (a hope, belief, or ambition)怀有（希望, 想法, 抱负）：
for a long time she had nurtured the dream of buying a shop.
长期以来她一直梦想着要买下一间店铺。
mass noun
1- the process of caring for and encouraging the growth or development of someone or something养育, 培育, 教养, 培养：
the nurture of ethics and integrity.
道德和正直品格的培养。
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- upbringing, education, and environment, contrasted with inborn characteristics as an influence on or determinant of personality后天培育（指人的培养、教育及环境等, 与对个性形成产生影响或起决定性作用的先天禀性相对）。常与NATURE相对。
派生词
nurturer
noun词源
Middle English: from Old French noureture 'nourishment'， based on Latin nutrire 'feed， cherish'.