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.
