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 nurture ['nә:tʃә]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 养育, 营养物, 培育

vt. 养育, 供给营养物, 教养

[法] 营养物, 食物, 教育




    nurture
    [ noun ]
    1. the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

    2. <noun.attribute>
    3. helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

    4. <noun.act>
      they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
    [ verb ]
    1. help develop, help grow

    2. <verb.communication> foster
      nurture his talents
    3. bring up

    4. <verb.social>
      bring up parent raise rear
      raise a family
      bring up children
    5. provide with nourishment

    6. <verb.consumption>
      nourish sustain
      We sustained ourselves on bread and water
      This kind of food is not nourishing for young children


    Nurture \Nur"ture\, n. [OE. norture, noriture, OF. norriture,
    norreture, F. nourriture, fr. L. nutritura a nursing,
    suckling. See {Nourish}.]
    1. The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care; education;
    training.

    A man neither by nature nor by nurture wise.
    --Milton.

    2. That which nourishes; food; diet. --Spenser.


    Nurture \Nur"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nurtured}; p. pr. & vb.
    n. {Nurturing}.]
    1. To feed; to nourish.

    2. To educate; to bring or train up.

    He was nurtured where he had been born. --Sir H.
    Wotton.

    Syn: To nourish; nurse; cherish; bring up; educate; tend.

    Usage: To {Nurture}, {Nourish}, {Cherish}. Nourish denotes to
    supply with food, or cause to grow; as, to nourish a
    plant, to nourish rebellion. To nurture is to train up
    with a fostering care, like that of a mother; as, to
    nurture into strength; to nurture in sound principles.
    To cherish is to hold and treat as dear; as, to
    cherish hopes or affections.

    1. Spivey believes that running-shoe companies, the primary support of many U.S. track athletes (his angel is Nike), lack the patience to nurture slow-developing distance runners.
    2. Armies of people are employed to nurture, protect and promote packaged-food products and their names.
    3. More than 20,000 of the company's employees are currently enrolled in these corporate training programs, which are designed to nurture high levels of employee-employer interaction.
    4. But it must be clear that only long-term commitment by government and the institutions will allow contractors and professional firms to build teams and nurture essential skills.
    5. "They're crucial in helping communities learn how to nurture small business," says Mr. Galles of National Small Business United.
    6. The main thrust of SAP has been to nurture small-scale traditional farming, based on low input costs and high employment.
    7. At a conference Wednesday, a U.N. agency also backed a Polish proposal to establish an center in Warsaw dedicated to training a new generation of journalists in independent reporting and helping to nurture a free press.
    8. The religious warriors holding the hostages operate in a network of family alliances that nurture and protect them.
    9. Annuity rates can and do fall, depending on the underlying rate of inflation. Staggered vesting is the hot-house version of phased retirement - a delicate plant that needs careful nurture and is vulnerable to market forces.
    10. Embryos are life, not property, and the natural person to receive and nurture embryos is the female."
    11. They own their own home, live frugally on savings and Social Security, collect and mend clothing for the poor and nurture a neighborhood association Gladys founded 10 years ago.
    12. FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Bob Keeshan, television's "Captain Kangaroo," says the aim of many kids' shows today is to sell toys, not nurture children.
    13. Yet the move can equally well be seen as symbolic of RJR's failure to nurture its cigarettes with smoke.
    14. Japan says it wants to nurture its fledgling satellite industry.
    15. Prairie grasses and other plants would be planted to nurture the herds of deer and antelope traipsing through the creek beds and farmland on the 50-square-mile site.
    16. A DPM who can nurture a product until our market-maker system can kick in will benefit the cutstomer, the member firms and this exchange."
    17. Voters pay little attention to important issues and problems, but nurture grudges for years if elected representatives fail to attend a family funeral or neighborhood picnic.
    18. Technological changes are eroding the barriers between television, telecommunications and information-processing; there is no neat formula to spot or to nurture winners. Moreover, the government's record of media regulation has in recent years been poor.
    19. However, there is certainly increased political pressure to nurture small Italian investment banks, which suggests that domestic competition could hot up over the next few years.
    20. And Mr Field's conclusion that individual ownership of pensions would nurture also a new culture of long-termism to underpin Labour's industrial strategy may stretch credulity. But Tory ministers are among those who admire its boldness.
    21. These business parks are designed to nurture fledgling companies with low rent and shared office services, as well as management, financial and legal advice.
    22. Law reviews also nurture the footnote.
    23. Genius of all sorts seems to be sprinkled randomly among nations and social classes, needing only the slightest of nurture to bloom.
    24. More companies are learning that design is one of the strengths they can nurture."
    25. He discerned that love is stronger than hate, that, hence, for all its core of malignancy the nature of man can be transformed through the nurture and dispersion of love.
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