nurture

verb

1. 养育；养护；培养
   to care for and protect sb/sth while they are growing and developing
   1. These delicate plants need careful nurturing.
      这些幼嫩的植物需要精心培育。
   2. children nurtured by loving parents
      受到慈爱的父母养育的孩子
2. 扶持；帮助；支持
   to help sb/sth to develop and be successful
   1. It's important to nurture a good working relationship.
      维持良好的工作关系非常重要。
3. 滋长；助长
   to have a feeling, an idea, a plan, etc. for a long time and encourage it to develop
   1. She secretly nurtured a hope of becoming famous.
      她暗暗滋生出成名的愿望。

noun

1. 养育；培养
   care, encouragement and support given to sb/sth while they are growing

1. VERB 养育;培育
   If you nurture something such as a young child or a young plant, you care for it while it is growing and developing.
   1. Parents want to know the best way to nurture and raise their child to adulthood...
      父母希望知道养育孩子长大成人的最佳方法。
   2. The modern conservatory is not an environment for nurturing plants.
      这个现代化温室的环境不适合培育植物。
2. VERB 发展，孕育(计划、想法等);培养(人等)
   If you nurture plans, ideas, or people, you encourage them or help them to develop.
   1. She had always nurtured great ambitions for her son.
      她总是鼓励儿子要树立远大抱负。
   2. ...parents whose political views were nurtured in the sixties...
      政治观点形成于60年代的父母一辈
   3. Charlie Nelson has nurtured fine sprinters.
      查理·纳尔逊已经培养出了相当优秀的短跑选手。
3. N-UNCOUNT 教育;教养;培养
   Nurture is care that is given to someone while they are growing and developing.
   1. The human organism learns partly by nature, partly by nurture.
      人的学习能力部分是天生的，部分是后天培养的。

1. Religions, to survive, must make accommodations with the larger political structures that nurture them.
   为了生存，宗教必须同其赖以存在的更大的政治体系相调和。
2. Parents want to know the best way to nurture and raise their child to adulthood
   父母希望知道养育孩子长大成人的最佳方法。
3. The modern conservatory is not an environment for nurturing plants.
   这个现代化温室的环境不适合培育植物。
4. She had always nurtured great ambitions for her son.
   她总是鼓励儿子要树立远大抱负。
5. Charlie Nelson has nurtured fine sprinters.
   查理·纳尔逊已经培养出了相当优秀的短跑选手。
6. The human organism learns partly by nature, partly by nurture.
   人的学习能力部分是天生的，部分是后天培养的。
7. The tree grows well in his nurture.
   在他的培育下这棵树长得很好。
8. They must have parents and teachers who recognize their talent and nurture it.
   他们需要有能察觉他们的天赋并加以培育的双亲和师长。
9. We need to nurture tolerance by promoting cultural understanding and respect from parliaments to the playground.
   我们要培育宽容精神，增进文化理解和尊重，从成人的议会到儿童的游乐场都不应例外。
10. The majority of time, emotional, and energy resources are given to nurture and sustain important relationships.
    大部分的时间、情感上和能量上的资源用来培养并维持重要的人际关系。
11. To counteract the fear of failure, continuously nurture your abilities and self-confidence.
    要遏制对失败的恐惧，就要持续不断地培养你的能力和自信。
12. One way is to find the entrepreneurs and nurture them.
    其中一种方法是找到企业家，培养他们。
13. We also need to nurture organic and locally produced solutions.
    我们还需要培育有机和当地产生的解决方案。
14. High parental self-esteem is crucial to the ability to nurture high self-esteem and personal effectiveness in children.
    父母的高度自尊对于具备培养高儿童自尊和个人有效性的能力尤为重要。
15. You want to nurture an inquiring mind with a fresh approach.
    你希望用新的途径培养一个好问的头脑。
16. Groups require stroking and nurture and attention.
    小组需要安抚、培育和关心。
17. You must befriend, protect, and nurture your own spirit.
    你必须去和自己的心灵结友、提供保护和滋养。
18. It takes time and patience to nurture a common strategic culture.
    培养共同的战略文化需要时间和耐心。
19. One should nurture courage and perseverance to confront reality, and accept every stage with a joyful heart.
    培养面对现实的勇气和毅力，以欢喜心接受一切境界。
20. Nurture your spiritual self.
    培养你精神上的自我。
21. To identify and nurture talent, one has to first understand what students and teachers think and need.
    要培养和发掘人才，必先了解学生和教师的需要和想法。
22. Original paragraph: Readers are offered the opportunity to nurture a personal faith and spirituality in these pages.
    在书中，读者们都被提供了一个培养个人信仰和灵魂的机会。
23. In our experience, new kinds of organisations are already emerging to nurture and support such grassroots innovation.
    根据我们的经验，新型的组织已经兴起，从而培育和支持这类基层创新。
24. Nurture a student's talent.
    培养学生的才能。
25. Consciously build and nurture a supportive network of positive relationships, including family and friends.
    审慎地建立和培养充满支持和正能量的关系群，包括家人和朋友。
26. It is this vast identity that is required of you to find, nurture and become.
    是这个广阔的身份，需要你去寻找、培育和变为。
27. Chinese research institutes often point out with pride that such projects can stimulate and nurture young talent.
    中国的科研院所经常骄傲地指出，这些大工程激发和培育了青年人才。
28. Study into the characteristics of geographical spatial thought will help nurture student's thinking abilities.
    研究地理空间思维的特徵有利于加强对学生思维能力的培养。
29. We must also identify and nurture new talent.
    我们也必须识别和培养新的人才。
30. Traditional arts development is inseparable from the creation and nurture her ethnic identity and national habits.
    传统艺术的创作和发展离不开孕育她的民族特性和民族习惯。

  nurse foster nurture【导航词义：关心，照顾】

  nurse v. 护理，照料

〔辨析〕通常指照顾生病、受伤、年迈的人。

  foster v. 抚育，代养

〔辨析〕指在一段时间内替他人照顾孩子，但法律上并未成为孩子的父母。

  nurture v. 〈正式〉养育，培育

〔辨析〕指照料处于生长发育阶段的孩子或植物。

noun

1. helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
   1. they debated whether nature or nurture was more important

   Synonym:    breedingbringing upfosteringfosterageraisingrearingupbringing

2. the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

   Synonym:    raisingrearing

verb

1. help develop, help grow
   1. nurture his talents

   Synonym:    foster

2. provide with nourishment
   1. We sustained ourselves on bread and water
   2. This kind of food is not nourishing for young children

   Synonym:    nourishsustain

3. bring up
   1. raise a family
   2. bring up children

   Synonym:    rearraisebring upparent