cultivated
Significado: Refined and well-educated; having good taste, manners, and a broad knowledge of the arts and sciences; also describing land that has been prepared for growing crops.
Cultivated, when describing a person, implies deliberate self-improvement and breadth of knowledge, suggesting that refinement has been achieved through sustained effort and exposure to culture. It carries overtones of the Enlightenment ideal of the educated, well-rounded individual. The agricultural sense (of tilled or farmed land) provides the root metaphor: a cultivated mind, like cultivated soil, has been nurtured and developed. It collocates with 'cultivated taste', 'cultivated accent', 'cultivated mind', and 'cultivated manner'.
Ejemplos
- He spoke with a cultivated accent and had the easy confidence of someone who had been educated at the best schools in the country. 他操着一口有教养的口音说话,带着在国内最好的学校接受教育的人特有的从容自信。Hablaba con un acento cultivado y con la confianza natural de quien ha sido educado en los mejores colegios del país.彼は教養のあるアクセントで話し、国内最高の学校で教育を受けた者特有のさりげない自信を漂わせていた。그는 교양 있는 억양으로 말하며, 국내 최고의 학교에서 교육받은 사람 특유의 자연스러운 자신감을 풍겼다.
- Her cultivated taste in music ranged from Baroque chamber works to contemporary experimental composition. 她高雅的音乐品味从巴洛克室内乐到当代实验音乐作品无所不包。Su gusto cultivado en música abarcaba desde obras barrocas de cámara hasta composiciones experimentales contemporáneas.彼女の洗練された音楽の趣味はバロックの室内楽から現代の実験的作曲にまで及んだ。그녀의 세련된 음악 취향은 바로크 실내악부터 현대 실험적 작곡에까지 걸쳐 있었다.
- The estate comprises three hundred acres of cultivated land alongside a further two hundred acres of managed woodland and parkland. 该庄园包括三百英亩耕地以及另外两百英亩管理林地和庄园绿地。La finca comprende trescientos acres de tierra cultivada junto con otros doscientos acres de bosque gestionado y parque.その領地は300エーカーの耕作地と、さらに200エーカーの管理された林地と庭園から成っている。그 영지는 300에이커의 경작지와 200에이커의 관리된 삼림 및 정원으로 구성되어 있다.
Pronunciación
Guía de uso
Contexto: literary, academic, cultural
Tono: appreciative
Origen e historia
From Latin cultivatus, past participle of cultivare, from cultiva (tilled land), from colere meaning 'to till, to cultivate, to worship.' The figurative sense of personal refinement developed in English by the 17th century.
Contexto cultural
Era: Modern
Generation: All ages
Social background: Universal
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