nurture /ˈnə:tʃə/ I. n. ［u］养育，培养，教育：express one’s gratitude to the parents for nurture表达对父母养育之恩的感激‖II.vt.抚养，培养，教育：be nurtured by loving parents在慈爱父母的养育下；a delicately nurtured girl一个娇生惯养的女孩；scientists nurtured in the university大学里培养的科学家