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单词 bring someone up
释义

bring someone up

1Look after a child until it is an adult: she was partly brought up by her maternal grandparents...
  • He really had only one parent bringing him up for most of his life because his mother passed away when he was 12.
  • Since Rebecca's death, her son Jordan has been brought up by her mother and sisters.
  • Abandoned by the stricken father, Paolo had been brought up in his mother's home.

Synonyms

rear, raise, care for, take care of, look after, nurture, provide for;
develop, mother, parent, foster, breed;
educate, train, instruct
1.1 (be brought up) Be taught as a child to adopt particular behaviour or attitudes: he had been brought up to believe that marriage was forever...
  • I was brought up to believe that it was impolite to discuss one's financial affairs in public.
  • I am 16 and I've been brought up to believe in God.
  • Suppose people in a given society were brought up to believe that women should be subservient to men.
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