cultivate
verb /ˈkʌltɪveɪt/
/ˈkʌltɪveɪt/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they cultivate | /ˈkʌltɪveɪt/ /ˈkʌltɪveɪt/ |
| he / she / it cultivates | /ˈkʌltɪveɪts/ /ˈkʌltɪveɪts/ |
| past simple cultivated | /ˈkʌltɪveɪtɪd/ /ˈkʌltɪveɪtɪd/ |
| past participle cultivated | /ˈkʌltɪveɪtɪd/ /ˈkʌltɪveɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form cultivating | /ˈkʌltɪveɪtɪŋ/ /ˈkʌltɪveɪtɪŋ/ |
- cultivate something to prepare and use land for growing plants or crops
耕；耕作 - The land around here has never been cultivated.
这一带的土地从未开垦过。 - The land here has been intensively cultivated for generations.
这片土地经过了几代人的精耕细作。
WordfinderTopics Farmingc1- arable
- barn
- crop
- cultivate
- dairy
- fallow
- farm
- graze
- livestock
- tractor
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- intensively
- The land around here has never been cultivated.
- cultivate something to grow plants or crops
种植；栽培；培育 - The people cultivate mainly rice and beans.
这里的人们主要种植水稻和豆类。 - Olives have been cultivated successfully in southern Australia.
橄榄树已在南澳大利亚栽培成功。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- widely
- successfully
- The people cultivate mainly rice and beans.
- cultivate somebody/something (sometimes disapproving) to try to get somebody’s friendship or support
建立（友谊）；结交（朋友）；获得（支持） - He purposely tried to cultivate good relations with the press.
他特意设法与新闻界搞好关系。 - It helps if you go out of your way to cultivate the local people.
主动结交当地人大有好处。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- actively
- assiduously
- carefully
- …
- He purposely tried to cultivate good relations with the press.
- cultivate something to develop an attitude, a way of talking or behaving, etc.
逐渐形成（某种态度、谈话或举止方式等） - She cultivated an air of sophistication.
她养成了一派精明练达的气度。 - This modern image is actively cultivated by the company.
公司积极塑造其现代形象。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- actively
- assiduously
- carefully
- …
- She cultivated an air of sophistication.
词源mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin cultivat- ‘prepared for crops’, from the verb cultivare, from cultiva (terra) ‘arable (land)’, from colere ‘cultivate, inhabit’.