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.
雙語例句
1. Farmers with many acres under cultivation profited.
耕種大片土地的農場主掙了錢。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The cultivation in good taste is our main objective.
培養高雅情趣是我們的主要目標.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. These high yields have been achieved largely through better methods of cultivation.
這樣高的產量主要是通過改良耕作方法取得的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. The land is not fertile enough to repay cultivation.
這塊土地不夠肥沃,不值得耕種.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
5. We plan to bring all these mountain slopes under cultivation.