cultivate
['kʌltə`vet]
vt. 培养, 耕

1. John always tries to cultivate people who are useful to him.
   翰常设。
2. We must cultivate our own garden and find the joy of doing it in our own heart.
   都做自己，精神趣。
3. The farmer still must cut down trees, clear a lot of land and cultivate the soil.
   农还砍倒树木，清片土耕耘。

cultivate
[ verb ]

1. foster the growth of

<verb.creation>

2. prepare for crops

<verb.creation> crop work
Work the soil
cultivate the land

3. teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

<verb.social> civilise civilize educate school train
Cultivate your musical taste
Train your tastebuds
She is well schooled in poetry

4. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

<verb.change> domesticate naturalise naturalize tame
domesticate oats
tame the soil

Cultivate \Cul"ti*vate\ (k?l"t?-v?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Cultivated} (-v?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cultivating}
(-v?`-t?ng).] [LL. cultivatus, p. p. of cultivare to
cultivate, fr. cultivus cultivated, fr. L. cultus, p. p. of
colere to till, cultivate. Cf. {Colony}.]
1. To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to
valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate
soil.

2. To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought
to; to foster; to cherish.

Leisure . . . to cultivate general literature.
--Wordsworth.

3. To seek the society of; to court intimacy with.

I ever looked on Lord Keppel as one of the greatest
and best men of his age; and I loved and cultivated
him accordingly. --Burke.

4. To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to;
to civilize; to refine.

To cultivate the wild, licentious savage. --Addison.

The mind of man hath need to be prepared for piety
and virtue; it must be cultivated to the end.
--Tillotson.

5. To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing;
as, to cultivate corn or grass.