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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   nurture

   • IPA[ˈnərCHər]

   美式

   • v.
     care for and encourage the growth or development of；help or encourage the development of
   • n.
     the process of caring for and encouraging the growth or development of someone or something；upbringing, education, and environment, contrasted with inborn characteristics as an influence on or determinant of personality

   • verb: nurture, 3rd person present: nurtures, gerund or present participle: nurturing, past tense: nurtured, past participle: nurtured

   • noun: nurture

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. care for and encourage the growth or development of Jarrett was nurtured by his parents in a close-knit family 同義詞 bring up, care for, provide for, take care of, attend to, ... 更多look after, rear, support, raise, foster, parent, mother, tend, feed, nourish, rareprovender反義詞 neglect
   • ▪ help or encourage the development of my father nurtured my love of art 同義詞 encourage, promote, stimulate, develop, foster, ... 更多cultivate, further, advance, boost, forward, contribute to, be conducive to, assist, help, aid, abet, strengthen, advantage, fuel反義詞 hinder
   • ▪ cherish (a hope, belief, or ambition) for a long time she had nurtured the dream of buying a shop

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. the process of caring for and encouraging the growth or development of someone or something the nurture of ethics and integrity 同義詞 encouragement, promotion, fostering, development, cultivation, ... 更多boosting, furtherance, advancement
   • ▪ upbringing, education, and environment, contrasted with inborn characteristics as an influence on or determinant of personality we are all what nature and nurture have made us 同義詞 upbringing, bringing up, care, fostering, tending, ... 更多rearing, raising, training, education反義詞 nature, innate disposition, inherited characteristics