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cultivate /'kAltiveit; Mka’vet/ vt [VP6A] 1 prepare (land) for crops by ploughing, etc; help (crops) to grow (eg by breaking up the soil around them, destroying weeds, etc). 邸种 (田地); 培植 (禾物) (如翻土、除草等) 。 2 give care, thought, time, etc in order to develop sth: 培养; 修养; 花费心思、时间等以发展某事物： to ~ the mind/sb's friendship. 修养心性 (培养与某人的友谊) 。 He ~s (= tries to win the good will of) the sort of people who can be useful to him in his business. 他培养对于他事业有用的人。 cubtbvated adj (of a person) having good manners and education. (指人) 举止文听的; 有教养的。 |