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		cul·ture AHD[kŭlʹchər] D.J.[ˈkʌltʃə]K.K.[ˈkʌltʃɚ]n.(名词)  cultureculture of rice blast fungus, Pyricularia grisea, growing in a petri dish- The totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought.人类文化:通过社会传导的行为方式、艺术、信仰、风俗以及人类工作和思想的所有其它产物的整体
 - These patterns, traits, and products considered as the expression of a particular period, class, community, or population:特种文化:被视为表现某一特定阶段、阶级、社会或种族的这些方式、特点和产物:Edwardian culture; Japanese culture; the culture of poverty.爱德华时代的文化;日本文化;贫困文化
 - These patterns, traits, and products considered with respect to a particular category, such as a field, subject, or mode of expression:类别文化:被视为关于某一特定范畴,如某一领域、主题或表达方式的这些方式、特点或产物:religious culture in the Middle Ages; musical culture; oral culture.中世纪时期的宗教文化;音乐文化;口头文化
 
 - Intellectual and artistic activity, and the works produced by it.文艺作品,文艺活动:智力和艺术活动以及由此产生的作品
 
 - Development of the intellect through training or education.教养:通过训练或教育而实现的智力发展
 - Enlightenment resulting from such training or education.陶冶,启发:由这类训练或教育而得到的启迪
 
 - A high degree of taste and refinement formed by aesthetic and intellectual training.修养,教养:通过美学和智力训练而形成的高品味和文雅
 
 - Special training and development:培训:特殊的训练和发展:voice culture for singers and actors.为歌手和演员准备的声音练习
 
 - The cultivation of soil; tillage.土地的耕作;耕种
 
 - The breeding of animals or growing of plants, especially to produce improved stock.养殖:对动物的饲养或植物的种植,尤指为了产生改良品种
 
 - Biology 【生物学】  
 
 - The growing of microorganisms, tissue cells, or other living matter in a specially prepared nutrient medium.培养:在经过特殊准备的营养培养基中的微生物、组织细胞或其它生物的培养
 - Such a growth or colony, as of bacteria.培养菌:该种生长物或群落,如培养菌
 
  v.tr.(及物动词)cul.tured, cul.tur.ing, cul.tures - To cultivate.栽培
 
 - To grow (microorganisms or other living matter) in a specially prepared nutrient medium.培养:在特殊制备的营养培养基中培养(微生物或其它生物)
 - To use (a substance) as a medium for culture:用作培养基:用(某一物质)作营养培养基:culture milk.用牛奶作培养基
 
 
 - Middle English [cultivation] 中古英语 [培育] 
 
 - from Old French 源自 古法语 
 
 - from Latin cultūra 源自 拉丁语 cultūra 
 
 - from cultus [past participle of] colere * see  cultivate 源自 cultus   colere的过去分词 * 参见 cultivate
 
  culture, cultivation, breeding, refinement, taste- These nouns denote a personal quality resulting from the development of intellect, manners, and aesthetic appreciation.这些名词的意思是由智力、举止以及美学欣赏的发展而形成的个人素质。
 
 -  Culture   implies enlightenment attained through close association with and appreciation of the highest level of civilization:  Culture  指的是通过与最高层次的文明接触并欣赏而获得的启发: "Culture is then properly described not as having its origin in curiosity, but as having its origin in the love of perfection"  (Matthew Arnold). “由此修养被恰当地描述为源于对完美的热爱,而不是出于好奇心” (马修·阿诺德)。
 
 -  Cultivation   suggests the process of self-improvement or self-development through which culture is acquired:  Cultivation  指的是修养得以获取的自我改进或自我发展过程: The books and paintings in her library reflect her considerable cultivation.她的图书馆内的书和画反映了她有相当程度的修养。
 
 - Breeding   is revealed especially in good manners, poise, and sensitivity to the feelings of others: Breeding  尤指在优雅的举止、姿态以及对他人感觉的敏感中表现出来的: "The test of a man's or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel"  (George Bernard Shaw). “对某一男人或女人教养的考验是他们在争吵中如何表现” (乔治·萧伯纳)。
 
 -  Refinement   stresses aversion to coarseness and implies a delicacy of feeling associated with fastidiousness:  Refinement  强调的是对粗鲁的厌恶并且有与挑剔相关的感觉敏感之意: "to seek elegance rather than luxury,and refinement rather than fashion"  (William Henry Channing). “寻求典雅而不是奢侈,寻求高雅而不是时尚” (威廉·亨利·查宁)。
 
 -  Taste   is the capacity for recognizing and appreciating what is fitting, proper, or aesthetically superior:  Taste  指的是辨别和鉴定合适的、适宜的、美学方面优良东西的能力: "These questions of taste, of feeling, of inheritance, need no settlement.Every one carries his own inch-rule of taste"  (Henry Adams). “这些关于品味、感觉、遗传的问题,无需得到解决。每个人都有各自衡量审美力的标准” (亨利·亚当斯)
 
 
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