cultivation

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cul·ti·va·tion /ˌkʌltəˈveɪʃən/ noun [uncountableU]

1 TACthe preparation and use of land for growing crops 开垦；耕作

soil cultivation

土壤耕作

under cultivation

These fields have been under cultivation (=used for growing crops) for years.

这些田地已耕作很多年了。

2 TACthe planting and growing of plants and crops 栽培，种植

Terraces for rice cultivation covered the hillsides.

山坡上全是种植水稻的梯田。

cultivation of

the cultivation of tobacco

烟草种植

3. DEVELOPthe deliberate development of a particular quality or skill 〔某种素质或技能的〕培养

Examples from the Corpus

cultivation• The technique used was lazy-bed cultivation which is a form of hand cultivation.• What concerns them is the risk that engineered plants might acquire weedy traits and escape from cultivation.• Through his cultivation of Boris Yeltsin and United States aid, he kept relations positive.• Moreover, shifting cultivation was still being practised in Czechoslovakia, for example, until the late 1970s at least.• Not all of the losses of moorland and rough grassland to agricultural development are the result of surface cultivation and grass seeding.• Some varieties of waterlilies are fairly new to cultivation whereas the majority of well known cultivars date back years.

under cultivation• Almost every inch of the land is already under cultivation.

cultivation of• The ranch was used mainly for the cultivation of strawberries.• Many parents think that the cultivation of manners in children requires constant nagging.

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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6712 COCA: 9376

cultivation

Crop farming: arable, broadacre, cash crop...

The process of causing something: elicitation, creation, recreation...