nurse

单词辨析:

nurse foster nurture 【导航词义:关心,照顾】
nurse v. 护理,照料
〔辨析〕

通常指照顾生病、受伤、年迈的人。

〔例证〕

After his injury, Mrs Miles nursed him back to health.

他受伤后,迈尔斯夫人照料他恢复了健康。

She spends all her time nursing her old mother.

她全部的时间都用来照料年迈的母亲。

foster v. 抚育,代养
〔辨析〕

指在一段时间内替他人照顾孩子,但法律上并未成为孩子的父母。

〔例证〕

We fostered the young girl while her mother was in hospital.

她母亲住院时,我们照顾这个小女孩。

The couple adopted the black child they had been fostering.

那对夫妇收养了他们一直代养的黑人小孩。

nurture v. [正式]养育,培育
〔辨析〕

指照料处于生长发育阶段的孩子或植物。

〔例证〕

Those young parents often discuss the best way to nurture their children.

那些年轻的父母经常讨论养育孩子的最佳方法。

These plants should be nurtured in the greenhouse.

这些植物应该在温室里培育。

相关例句:

All the years he was sick my mother had nursed him

他生病的这些年来,我妈妈一直照料着他。

The film's about an elderly woman and a young nurse who befriends her

电影讲述的是一位老太太和一个待她友善的年轻护士的故事。

He would have a nurse in constant attendance day and night.

会有一位护士日夜不间断地陪护着他。

The nurse shook the thermometer and put it under my armpit

护士把体温计甩了甩,然后放到了我的腋下。

A nurse began to try to save his life

一名护士开始试图挽救他的生命。

I managed to walk around unchallenged for 10 minutes before an alert nurse spotted me.

我四处走动了10分钟,没有受到查问,之后一位警觉的护士发现了我。