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单词 cultivate
释义
cultivate
verb[T]
uk
/ˈkʌl.tɪ.veɪt/us
/ˈkʌl.tə.veɪt/

cultivateverb[T](USE LAND)

C1
topreparelandandgrowcropson it, or togrowaparticularcrop:
耕作；栽培；种植
Most of thelandthere is toopoorto cultivate.那里大部分土地太贫瘠，无法耕种。
Thevillagerscultivatemostlymaizeandbeans.村民们主要种植玉米和豆类。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Farming - general words
  • agroecology
  • agroforestry
  • arable
  • biodynamic
  • biodynamics
  • grain
  • harvest
  • haystack
  • hungry gap
  • hydroponic
  • landless
  • landrace
  • monoculture
  • non-farm
  • soil
  • terrace
  • the Agrarian Revolution
  • thresh
  • vertical farming
  • yield
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cultivateverb[T](DEVELOP)

C2
totrytodevelopandimprovesomething:
培养，培育；养成；陶冶；改进
She has cultivatedanimageas atoughnegotiator.她将自己的形象塑造成一个强硬的谈判者。
If you cultivate arelationship, you make aspecialefforttoestablishanddevelopit, because youthinkit might beusefulto you:
建立，培养（关系）
The newprimeministeris cultivatingrelationshipswithEastAsiancountries.新任首相将与东亚国家发展关系。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making things better
  • add salt tosomethingidiom
  • allay
  • alleviate
  • alleviation
  • ameliorate
  • leavening
  • liven(something)up
  • lubricate
  • make a differenceidiom
  • make a world of differenceidiom
  • relieve
  • remedial
  • revamp
  • revitalize
  • revivify
  • revolutionize
  • salvage
  • salve
  • sharpen
  • tonic
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(Definition ofcultivatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

cultivate| American Dictionary

cultivate
verb[T]
us
/ˈkʌl·təˌveɪt/

cultivateverb[T](GROW)

topreparelandandgrowcropson it, or togrowaparticularcrop:
He cultivatedsoybeanson most of theland.

cultivateverb[T](DEVELOP)

tocreatea newconditionbydirectedeffort:
We’retryingtohelpthesekidscultivate aninterestinscience.
To cultivate is also totrytobecomefriendlywith someone because thatpersonmay beabletohelpyou:
to cultivatefriendships

cultivation

noun[U]us
/ˌkʌl·təˈveɪ·ʃən/
Simplechangesinricecultivation canreducemethaneemissions.
(Definition ofcultivatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

cultivate| Business English

cultivate
verb[T]
uk
/ˈkʌltɪveɪt/us
PRODUCTION
topreparelandandgrowcropson it, or togrowaparticularcrop:
Corn, ormaize, isindigenousto Mexico and has been cultivated there for some 6,000years.
totrytodevelopandimprovesomething:
She hascultivated animageas ashrewdinvestor.
if you cultivate arelationship, you make aspecialefforttodevelopit, because youthinkit might beusefulto you:
He cultivatedbusinesscontactsin tenmajorcities.

cultivation

noun[U]
the cultivation ofcrops/theland
Thiscoursewillhelpwith the cultivation ofkeymarketingskills.
If youwishtoretaincustomers, you mustworkat the cultivation of thecustomerrelationship.
(Definition ofcultivatefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcultivate

cultivate
I have noted that a strong party is one in which rank-and-file members are more concerned with collective reputations rather than cultivating personal reputations.
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The land was cultivated, and the country became prosperous.
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The amount, if any, and type of fertilizer used depended on the type of crops and trees cultivated.
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Problems associated with the destruction of cultivated crops by herdsmen accessing grazing fields are bound to intensity.
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In the case of lands cultivated with other crops, many transferred the lands above the ceiling limits to their relatives.
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Once developed, the alien idea proved a potent motif for fictional explorations of the singularity or insignificance of humanity cultivated by the extraterrestrial hypothesis.
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By 1961 he had rid himself of his intellectual, bespectacled look, cultivating instead a more friendly look in order to find a wider '^ ' audience.
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Crystal himself has cultivated, and indeed par tly created, in his writings over the past three decades.
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Here was one reason that friendship among men was to be prized and cultivated.
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Previously cultivated plots were kept in the planting cycle in order to save labor time, though soil fertility was becoming exhausted.
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First, regularity of strophic constructions and tight rhyme schemes are especially cultivated by the troubadours to impose structure on an unruly vernacular language.
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Self-mastery did not bear down upon desire, but instead cultivated and operationalized it.
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They have also cultivated 15 acres of swampy rice.
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They established exclusive rights on the lands they cultivated, thereby excluding the indigenous communities from vast areas.
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If it was janmi land, then they had to pay rent for the cultivating years and tax if cultivated for three consecutive years.
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