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单词 nurture
释义
nurture
(nɜːʳtʃəʳ )
Word forms: nurtures , nurturing , nurtured
1. verb
If you nurture something such as a young child or a young plant, you care for it while it is growing and developing. [formal]
Parents want to know the best way to nurture and raise their child to adulthood. [VERB noun]
The modern conservatory is not an environment for nurturing plants. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: tend, grow, cultivate  
nurturing adjective
She was not receiving warm nurturing care.
nurturing uncountable noun
Which adult in these children's lives will provide the nurturing they need?
2. verb
If you nurture plans, ideas, or people, you encourage them or help them to develop. [formal]
She had always nurtured great ambitions for her son. [VERB noun]
...parents whose political views were nurtured in the sixties. [be VERB-ed]
The University of Notre Dame has nurtured a number of top scholars who reject these values. [VERB noun]
nurturing uncountable noun
The decision to cut back on film-making had a catastrophic effect on the nurturing of new talent. [+ of]
3. uncountable noun
Nurture is care that is given to someone while they are growing and developing.
The human organism learns partly by nature, partly by nurture.
Synonyms: upbringing, training, education, instruction  
Collocations:
nurture a community
How can we nurture the community bonds which are at their best in times of crisis?
The Sun
Gardeners tend to be a caring, sharing bunch, so it's no wonder that some of these stores have become local hubs that nurture a community spirit.
Times, Sunday Times
Such programs nurtured the community by providing opportunities to gather.
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nurture a relationship
Given how much he travels, it would take a lot to carve out the time and space to nurture a relationship.
Times, Sunday Times
Teachers often nurture a relationship between a student with special needs and a same-age student without a special educational need.
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So put time into nurturing your relationships with them.
Times, Sunday Times
Nurturing your relationship can now be considered as important as good diet and plenty of exercise.
Times, Sunday Times
It's about relaxing and nurturing a relationship with your hound.
Times, Sunday Times
nurture a sense of
This means we have to nurture a sense of mystery and wonder in church life.
Christianity Today
Make sure they nurture your sense of identity and self-esteem and surround your with interesting stimuli.
Globe and Mail
There are courtyards to help nurture a sense of community, communal balconies and an orangery.
Times, Sunday Times
To nurture a sense of purpose we need goals, preferably tasks we can accomplish that do not feed our weaknesses, and that are not destructive to us.
Times, Sunday Times
Surrounded by his trusted coterie of coaches, he nurtures a sense of pleasure among his players.
Times, Sunday Times
nurture a skill
He nurtured his skills early.
Times, Sunday Times
He also nurtured his skill in stage lighting, make-up and choreography.
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Most of her students nurture their skills further in music school.
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He wanted to be an actor from childhood, but wanted to know everything about films before becoming an actor so went into production to nurture his skills.
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nurture a talent
We have to nurture that talent and, at times, he's got to have that mentality to keep learning.
Times, Sunday Times
The company said that the course would 'help nurture the talent we need for the future as we grow'.
Times, Sunday Times
What if you could recognise and nurture the talent without the physical separation?
Times, Sunday Times
He has nurtured their talent from the cramped orphanage to the international stage.
Times, Sunday Times
I was lucky to have an unbelievably enthusiastic one, who discovered me in the playground and nurtured my talent, even ferrying me to matches.
Times, Sunday Times
nurture debate
What do we make of the nature/nurture debate now?
Times, Sunday Times
I'm firmly on the 'nurture' side of the nature/nurture debate.
Times, Sunday Times
Taking such a position can only lead to further extreme and overtly simplistic claims being made in the already heated and long-running nature/nurture debate.
Times, Sunday Times
The climate war has been polarised in the same way that the nature- nurture debate was in the 1970s.
Times, Sunday Times
Try to imagine what a scientific resolution to the nature/ nurture debate would look like and it quickly becomes clear there can be no such thing.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 养育
Japanese: 養育する
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