整地與種作物（土地上的實作）
這一組就是核心畫面本身，字面上的農事：一邊是把地弄成可以種東西的狀態，一邊是把特定作物種下去、一路顧到收成。
cultivate soil · verb · C1
To make soil ready and then grow crops and plants in it.
耕作
核心畫面
One way to picture it: a person working the same piece of ground season after season — turning the soil, watering, pulling weeds — so that something can slowly grow there. The growth is not instant and it is not free; it comes from repeated care over time.
一個人年復一年整理同一塊地——翻土、澆水、拔草，讓東西能在上面長出來。重點不在「種下去」那一瞬間，而在那段一直照顧的…更多收起
一個人年復一年整理同一塊地——翻土、澆水、拔草，讓東西能在上面長出來。重點不在「種下去」那一瞬間，而在那段一直照顧的時間：泥土本身不會自己變肥沃，是有人反覆去弄它，它才慢慢養得起作物。cultivate 這個字帶著的就是這種「長期投入、慢慢養出來」的味道，而不是一次性的動作。From the word’s history
From Medieval Latin cultivātus, past participle of cultivō "to till, cultivate", from cultīvus "tilled", ultimately from Latin colō "to till, tend, care for, inhabit". The Latin colō already carried both "work the land" and "tend/care for", which is why the English word moves so easily from soil to skills and people.
字源可以幫忙看懂為什麼這個字能同時用在土地和人身上：cultivate 來自拉丁文 colō，而 colō 本身就同時有「耕種土地」和「照料、看顧」兩層意思（culture、colony 也是同一家）。所以英文裡從「耕地」走到「培養能力」「結交某人」並不是後來才硬接上去的比喻，那份「持續照料」的意思從一開始就在字裡面。
Wiktionary, "cultivate" (Medieval Latin cultivō < cultīvus < Latin colō); consistent with Online Etymology Dictionary
Three branches
養出能力、態度與形象（把自己當一塊地）
把核心畫面裡的「地」換成一個人的能力、心態或給人的印象：一樣需要長時間反覆下工夫，東西才會慢慢長成。
cultivate a skill · verb · C1
To work hard over time to develop a skill, a way of thinking, a quality, or an image.
培養
經營一段對自己有用的關係
同樣是長期投入換成長，只是這次被照料的是一個人、一段關係，而且照料的人心裡通常有將來的用處。
cultivate a relationship · verb · C1
To spend time and care becoming friendly with a person, especially a person who might help you later.
結交
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
cultivateverb/ˈkʌltɪveɪt/
- 1
To grow plants, notably crops.
- Most farmers in this region cultivate maize.
- So unhealthy is this valley, which is the home of large game, that whole kraals full of people who have tried to cultivate the rich land, have died in it of fever, or fled away leaving their crops unreaped.
- 2
To nurture; to foster; to tend.
- They tried to cultivate an interest in learning among their students.
- Left also to himself by guardians[…] he cultivated more his imagination than his judgment
- 3
To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting or as a method of weed control between growing crop plants.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。