nurture /ˈnɜːtʃə/ CET6 TEM8 ( nurturing, nurtured, nurtures )

• 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. 养育 [正式]

  例：

  Parents want to know the best way to nurture and raise their child to adulthood.

  父母们想了解把他们的孩子养育成人的最好方法。

• 2. 

  V-T If you nurture plans, ideas, or people, you encourage them or help them to develop. 培养 [正式]

  例：

  She had always nurtured great ambitions for her son.

  她一直在培养她儿子的雄心大志。

  例：

  ...parents whose political views were nurtured in the sixties.

  …政治观点形成于60年代的父母们。

• 3. 

  N-UNCOUNT Nurture is care and encouragement that is given to someone while they are growing and developing. 培育

  例：

  The human organism learns partly by nature, partly by nurture.

  人的学习能力部分是先天的，部分是后天培育的。