cultivate
/ˈkʌltɪveɪt/verb
with obj.
1
- prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening耕（地）, 耕作。
1.1
- break up (soil) in preparation for sowing or planting松（土）。
1.2
- raise or grow (plants), especially on a large scale for commercial purposes（尤指为商业目的大规模）种植; 栽培; 培育。
1.3
- Biology grow or maintain (living cells or tissue) in culture【生】培养（细胞或组织）。
2
- try to acquire or develop (a quality, sentiment, or skill)培养; 养成（某种素质, 情趣或技能）：
he cultivated an air of indifference.
他养成了一副冷漠的神态。
2.1
- try to win the friendship or favour of (someone)与（某人）结交; 试图赢得…的好感：
it helps if you go out of your way to cultivate the local people.
如果你能主动与当地人交友, 那对你是很有好处的。
2.2
- usu. as adj. cultivated apply oneself to improving or developing (one's mind or manners)注意提高（自己的心智）; 陶冶：
he was a remarkably cultivated and educated man.
他是一个既有良好教养又有知识的人。
派生词
cultivable
adjectivecultivatable
adjectivecultivation
noun词源
mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin cultivat- 'prepared for crops', from the verb cultivare, from cultiva （terra） 'arable (land)', from colere 'cultivate, inhabit'.