• vt. 养育；鼓励；培植
• n. 养育；教养；营养物

来自nurse,护理，养育。

nurture (n.)

c. 1300, "breeding, upbringing," from Old French norture, nourreture "food, nourishment; education, training," from Late Latin nutritia (see nursery).

nurture (v.)

"to feed or nourish," early 15c., from nurture (n.). Related: Nurtured; nurturing.

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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The tree grows well in his nurture.

在他的培育下这棵树长得很好.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. The two sisters had received very different nurture.

这俩个姊妹接受过极不同的教育.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

5. Religions, to survive, must make accommoda-tions 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。

来自柯林斯例句