nurture

柯林斯词典

1. V-T If you nurture something such as a young child or a young plant, you care for it while it is growing and developing. 養育[正式]
Parents want to know the best way to nurture and raise their child to adulthood. 父母們想了解把他們的孩子養育成人的最好方法。
2. V-T If you nurture plans, ideas, or people, you encourage them or help them to develop. 培養[正式]
She had always nurtured great ambitions for her son. 她一直在培養她兒子的雄心大志。
...parents whose political views were nurtured in the sixties. …政治觀點形成於60年代的父母們。
3. N-UNCOUNT Nurture is care and encouragement that is given to someone while they are growing and developing. 培育
The human organism learns partly by nature, partly by nurture. 人的學習能力部分是先天的，部分是後天培育的。