| 单词 | cultivate |
| 释义 | cultivate (kʌltɪveɪt ) Word forms: cultivates , cultivating , cultivated 1. verb B2 If you cultivate land or crops, you prepare land and grow crops on it. She also cultivated a small garden of her own. [VERB noun] ...the few patches of cultivated land. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: farm, work, plant, tend cultivation (kʌltɪveɪʃən ) uncountable noun B2 ...the cultivation of fruits and vegetables. [+ of] Farmers with many acres under cultivation profited. Synonyms: refinement, letters, learning, education Synonyms: promotion, support, encouragement, nurture Synonyms: growing, planting, production, farming Synonyms: farming, working, gardening, tilling 2. verb If you cultivate an attitude, image, or skill, you try hard to develop it and make it stronger or better. He has written eight books and has cultivated the image of an elder statesman. [VERB noun] Cultivating a positive mental attitude towards yourself can reap tremendous benefits. [VERB noun] cultivation uncountable noun ...the cultivation of a positive approach to life and health. [+ of] Synonyms: refinement, letters, learning, education Synonyms: promotion, support, encouragement, nurture Synonyms: growing, planting, production, farming Synonyms: farming, working, gardening, tilling Synonyms: development, fostering, pursuit, devotion to 3. verb If you cultivate someone or cultivate a friendship with them, you try hard to develop a friendship with them. He may be monarch one day so we must cultivate him. [VERB noun] The President has carefully cultivated relationships with at least five influential ministers. [VERB noun] Collocations: cultivate a culture I want to help cultivate a culture that seeks reconciliation across all land and water, but through grace and truth. Christianity Today He believes work confers dignity and that government should cultivate a culture of work, not charity. Times, Sunday Times Cultivate a culture of openness and disclosure in your home and in your ministry. Christianity Today Hospitals need to cultivate a culture of kindness. Times, Sunday Times He accused the banks of having cultivated a culture of greed in the years leading up to the credit crisis. Times, Sunday Times When the farmer tried to cultivate the field the boggart got angry, but after much arguing they decided to work the land together and share the bounty. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He wrote two books, a journal and several essays and cultivated a field of beans. Times, Sunday Times Only after this was done would you go out, hitch up the team, and cultivate the fields. Christianity Today Most of the farmers cultivate their fields depending upon the rain water, while less take water from bore-wells. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They did the household work, while the colonists cultivated the fields. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Let him cultivate the friendship of officials of the country in which he trades and pay the dues required. Times, Sunday Times Rushing in and out, these men rarely shared in the casual conversations needed to cultivate friendship. Christianity Today That's why it's important to cultivate a friendship in marriage. Christianity Today They typically work very long hours, so have limited time to cultivate friendships, and can be stressed when they are not working. Times, Sunday Times It's true of playing an instrument, learning a sport, cultivating a friendship. Christianity Today Best, really, just to shake your head and cultivate your garden. Times, Sunday Times Next, plans are afoot to cultivate the garden and create new outdoor rooms. Times,Sunday Times The abbot granted him permission to plant vines, to cultivate a garden there and to build a chapel. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But we would do well to remember some of the smaller satisfactions of life, from an afternoon nap to cultivating a garden. Times, Sunday Times He enjoyed fishing, playing golf and cultivating his garden. Times, Sunday Times It was during this time she cultivated a passion for the environment and politics. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During his youth he cultivated his passion for flying making models of gliders with his brothers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It cultivated a passion for the business of sports. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the 17th century, farmers threw bamboo branches into shallow seawater to attract the spores and cultivate the plant. Times, Sunday Times Field trials are underway to examine the possibility of cultivating the plant in agriculture. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The business of growing and cultivating his plants took hours of his time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I try to cultivate a relationship with these people. Christianity Today Second, the more people come into contact with one another, the more likely the interaction will cultivate a relationship. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She cultivated the relationship between the campaign and the press. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some schools apparently feared that they would become a magnet for special-needs pupils if they cultivated that reputation, potentially damaging their league rankings. Times, Sunday Times In order to sell books, commercial publishers may also be selective in order to cultivate a reputation for high-quality work, or to specialize in a particular genre. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He cultivated a reputation of being careful with his money, as a result of mixing with so many richer friends. Times, Sunday Times Cultivating a reputation of peace and stability was necessary, even in boisterous towns, if it were to become anything more transient than a one-industry boom town. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 All those years spent cultivating a reputation for cold, grey wetness have finally paid off. Times, Sunday Times Whatever the reason, it's important to cultivate a sense of mutuality. Christianity Today He wanted to cultivate the sense of a club, not just as the payer of cheques, but with long-term purpose. Times, Sunday Times Cultivate a sense of humor. Christianity Today Had the author been able to cultivate a sense of investment or pathos, this might have been funny. The Times Literary Supplement The summit serves to cultivate a sense of community among the most important policymakers in the defence and security community in the region. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Using space simulation and role-playing strategies, students bring their classroom studies to life and cultivate the skills needed for future success. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the pre-primary grades, the curriculum aims to foster a love of discovery while cultivating the skills necessary for continued academic achievement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He later cultivates his skill in medicine. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Cultivate your taste by visiting museums, galleries and art fairs, and by researching artists online. Times,Sunday Times Even those of us who, through necessity, might have to cultivate a taste for breakfasting on boiled eggs with the texture of toffee? Times, Sunday Times Most brahmacharis avoid the consumption of meat, spices and cooked foods, which are said to cultivate the taste buds and pleasure senses of the mind. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I've cultivated my tastes at least as far as 2020. Times, Sunday Times He cultivated a taste for archaeology, especially for ecclesiology, and formed an extensive library. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Wise and compassionate leadership can cultivate an environment conducive to creative confrontation. Christianity Today To cultivate an environment that inspires creativity, stimulates intellectual curiosity, and fosters critical thinking. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The double was not won in one season; it was the product of years of cultivating an environment that players want to work in. Times, Sunday Times Do you cultivate the image of cool indie auteur with another self-produced project? Times, Sunday Times Ineffectual as he was, it probably suited his purposes to cultivate the image of a portly, debt-ridden bumbler who might just tell the odd fib now and then. The Times Literary Supplement The net effect has been to cultivate an image of politicians as untrustworthy fly-bynights, who are happy to lie in public, and change their policies to suit the prevailing climate. Times, Sunday Times But it cultivates an image of start-uppiness and agility. Times, Sunday Times The pilots cultivated an image of louche rogues who kicked up a storm wherever they went. Times, Sunday Times Walls, balconies and roofs would be used to cultivate fruit and vegetables, reducing the need to bring food from the countryside. Times, Sunday Times The unique genetics in its seed will allow the grower to cultivate fruits with thicker and more dense flesh. The Sun The new space was much better suited for cultivating fruits and vegetables, and proved most durable as the community continued to grow. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These pioneers planned to sustain themselves by planting and cultivating fruit orchards although the majority of them had little experience with farming. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In recent years, islanders have cultivated fruit trees such as pomelo, jackfruit, dragonfruit, sugar-apple and guava. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Before then, farmers relentlessly cleared wooded space to be able to cultivate land, their only survival mean. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Though many of them do not own lands, in one way or the other they cultivate land and earn their living. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many families were displaced to cultivate land in ranches which were built in the area to farm the land. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By paying land taxes to the state, they were allowed to cultivate land and farm. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The amount of the grant was regulated by the wealth and importance of the settler, the size of his family, and his ability to cultivate land. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They already knew how to plant and cultivate rice, train horses, and herd cattle on horseback. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Despite efforts to cultivate rice on about 60% of the arable land in the territory, climate and soils were not favorable and yields were low. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As of 2005, more than 140,000 hectares of land were used for agriculture, mostly used to cultivate rice, followed by sugarcane and wheat. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The people cultivate rice, chillis, and cotton mainly because of the nature of land. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Farmers also cultivate rice, beans, corn, lettuce, tomato, wheat, among other crops. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Cover cultivated soil with plastic sheets or polythene to protect from further rainfall and dry the surface prior to sowing. The Sun Every bit of open, cultivated soil on vegetable and fruit plots or flowerbeds needs a hoe through. The Sun Water the plant before planting in well cultivated soil in a warm and sunny spot, and water lightly after planting too. The Sun Divide the bulbs and replant in a new site in well cultivated soil. The Sun He appears to have resided upon this benefice and to have at once begun to cultivate the art of preaching. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I want to cultivate the arts of peace, the arts of life. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He first conquered and disarmed them, and then set to work to teach them to cultivate the arts of peace. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At the same time he cultivated the arts of poetry, music, and painting. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We value students individual differences and cultivate their arts and literature accomplishments, providing them sufficiently independent learning spaces. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Cultivating the virtues of a biblical hero and stitching their image on to a cushion were allied activities. The Times Literary Supplement Consequently, at the moment, you'd best cultivate the virtues of patience and faith. Times, Sunday Times By learning to identify with others (or place oneself in the shoes of another), practitioners aim to cultivate the virtues of a bodhisattva. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Respect: cultivating the virtues of patience, justice, and charity in order to affirm the dignity of every member of the community. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I have yet to take the plunge and cultivate vegetables or herbs, but if you want to grow your own, do check out our online self-sufficiency special. Times,Sunday Times He then planned to raise an orchard and cultivate vegetables on the reclaimed land. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The areas not covered by woods were used to cultivate vegetables and grow vines. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Most own land on which they cultivate vegetables and other crops. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Most people prefer to cultivate vegetables and fruits, which are marketed to the local market. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 开垦 Japanese: 耕作する |
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