每日一譯:“培養”的六種英文表達及其差異

1. develop v. 發展; 培養; 研發。這裡通常指培養習慣。

People develop a habit of eating a servingof fruits after lunch and dinner.

大傢都養成瞭午飯和晚飯後都進食一份水果的習慣。

2. cultivate v. 培養,栽培。一般指培養優良的品質。

Hence the importance of cultivating a good disposition.

因此,培養良好的性格非常重要。

3.foster v. 促進;助長;培養;鼓勵;代養 一般指培養孩子。

The parents have fostered 3 college students in the past 30 years.

這對夫婦在過去三十年培養瞭3名大學生。

4.train v. 訓練,培養。通常是指競賽方面的身體訓練和人才培養。

Eileen Feng Gu was trained to be a winner of Winter Olympic Games.

谷愛凌被培養成為冬奧會冠軍。

5. school v. 教育;訓練;使學會;培養。一般通過教育來培養某種習慣或品質。

If I were a boy again, I would school myself into the habit of attention.

假如我又回到童年,我會培養自己的專註力。

6. nurture v. 滋養;培養;培植。尤指幼兒或植物,一般指後天的養育。

It takes ten years nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man.

十年樹木,百年樹人。

Was it a case of literary nurture over biological nature?

莫非這是後天的文學熏陶勝過瞭先天的生物本性?

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