cultivation
英 [kʌltɪ'veɪʃn]
美['kʌltə'veʃən]
- n. 培养；耕作；耕种；教化；文雅
英文词源
- cultivation (n.)
- c. 1700, of knowledge, etc., a figurative use, from French cultivation (16c.), noun of action from cultiver, from Latin cultivare "to till" (see cultivate). Meaning "raising of a plant or crop" is from 1719; literal sense of "tilling of the land" is from 1725.
双语例句
- 1. Farmers with many acres under cultivation profited.
- 耕种大片土地的农场主挣了钱。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The cultivation in good taste is our main objective.
- 培养高雅情趣是我们的主要目标.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. These high yields have been achieved largely through better methods of cultivation.
- 这样高的产量主要是通过改良耕作方法取得的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. The land is not fertile enough to repay cultivation.
- 这块土地不够肥沃,不值得耕种.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. We plan to bring all these mountain slopes under cultivation.
- 我们计划把所有的山坡都开垦出来.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》