cultivate

动词

1. 1

   培养、养成

   Reading every night helps children cultivate a lifelong habit.

   每晚阅读有助于孩子养成一辈子的习惯。

2. 2

   耕作、开垦、耕种

   The family has cultivated this land for three generations.

   这家人已经耕作这块地三代了。

3. 3

   栽培、种植

   Farmers here cultivate tea on the steep hillsides.

   这里的农民在陡坡上种植茶叶。

4. 4

   结交、攀交情、经营

   She spent years cultivating contacts in the publishing world.

   她花了好几年结交出版界的人脉。

5. 5

   培养、培育生物学

   The lab cultivates bacteria to test new antibiotics.

   实验室培养细菌来测试新的抗生素。