nurture

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n. 养育, 营养物, 培育 vt. 养育, 供给营养物, 教养

发音

UK /ˈnɜːɹ.t͡ʃəɹ/

词形变化

nurtures 复数 nurtures nurtured nurtures 三单 nurturest nurtureth nurturing nurturing 现在分词 nurtured 过去式 nurtured 过去分词

别名

nouriture nutriture

教材释义与例句

名词

养育；教养；营养物

动词

养育；鼓励；培植

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care

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  2. 2.

    That which nourishes; food; diet.

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  3. 3.

    The environmental influences that contribute to a person’s development (as opposed to "nature").

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  4. 4.

    The act or process of encouraging the growth or development of something.

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v.
  1. 1.

    To nourish or nurse.

    养育

  2. 2.

    To encourage, especially the growth or development of something.

    比喻 引申义

    2009, UNESCO, The United Nations World Water Development Report – N° 3 - 2009 – Freshwater and International Law (the Interplay between Universal, Regional and Basin Perspectives), page 10, →ISBN The relationships between universal norms and specific norms nurture the development of international law.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

raising breeding upbringing rearing fostering fosterage

上位词 5

upbringing socialization socialisation acculturation enculturation
动词

同义词 7

raise foster parent rear sustain nourish bring up

上位词 6

care provide supply encourage cater ply

下位词 10

carry support serve foster cradle patronize patronage patronise fledge keep going

相关短语

nature vs nurture nature versus nurture nature vs. nurture

词源

From Middle English norture, noriture, from Old French norriture, norreture, from Late Latin nutritura (“nourishment”), from Latin nutrire (“to nourish”).

来源：wiktionary