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1. Oxford Dictionary

   cultivate

   • IPA[ˈkʌltɪveɪt]

   英式

   • v.
     prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening；break up (soil) in preparation for sowing or planting

   • verb: cultivate, 3rd person present: cultivates, gerund or present participle: cultivating, past tense: cultivated, past participle: cultivated

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening the peasants who cultivated the land became its owners 同義詞 till, plough, dig, turn, hoe, ... 更多farm, work, prepare, fertilize, mulch
   • ▪ break up (soil) in preparation for sowing or planting damp, well-cultivated soil
   • ▪ raise or grow (plants), especially on a large scale for commercial purposes they were encouraged to cultivate basic food crops walnuts were cultivated for salad oil 同義詞 grow, raise, rear, bring on, tend, ... 更多plant, sow
   • ▪ grow or maintain (living cells or tissue) in culture blood cells that can be most easily cultivated are macrophages
   • 2. try to acquire or develop (a quality or skill) he cultivated an air of indifference 同義詞 try to acquire, pursue, court, try to develop, work hard at, ... 更多foster, nurture, encourage
   • ▪ try to win the friendship or favour of (someone) it helps if you go out of your way to cultivate the local people 同義詞 seek the friendship of, seek the favour of, try to win over, try to get someone on one's side, try to get on someone's good side, ... 更多woo, court, pay court to, rub up the right way, run after, make advances to, make up to, keep sweet, ingratiate oneself with, curry favour with, associate with, mix with, keep company with, informalget in someone's good books, butter up, suck up to, brown-nose, shine up to反義詞 ignore
   • ▪ try to improve or develop (one's mind). 同義詞 improve, better, refine, elevate, polish, ... 更多educate, train, develop, enlighten, enrich, civilize, culture