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nurtured

/nur-cher/US // ˈnɜr tʃər //UK // (ˈnɜːtʃə) //

培养,栽培的,培养的,孕育的

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v.有主动词 verb
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    nur·tured, nur·tur·ing.

    • : to feed and protect: to nurture one's offspring.
    • : to support and encourage, as during the period of training or development; foster: to nurture promising musicians.
    • : to bring up; train; educate.
n.名词 noun
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    • : rearing, upbringing, training, education, or the like.
    • : development: the nurture of young artists.
    • : something that nourishes; nourishment; food.

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Examples

  • “The golden age of Parisian smiles nurtured, and was nurtured by, the rise of dentistry as a vocation,” writes Jones.

  • Its reporting and commentary on politics, society, and arts and letters have nurtured a broad liberal spirit in our national life.

  • A precocious talent, he was nurtured by enlightened teachers in London and then discovered California.

  • Mina's pupils are cherished, respected and nurtured, as anyone can see.

  • One hopes they will be nurtured and continue to grow, whichever candidate emerges victorious next Tuesday.

  • She soon gave birth to a daughter, her only child, whom she nurtured with the most assiduous care.

  • Now here is a lady, well educated and delicately nurtured, who is destitute of the common necessaries of life.

  • This is true, I fear, to a certain extent, of those who have been nurtured in the new traditions.

  • Such men could not fail to adorn the faith they professed, and do honour to the Church in which they had been nurtured.

  • Surely she could never again thwart their plans of evil, hatched and nurtured in the foul darkness of the quags.