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fertilize sth
对象通常为土地、植物等。
Farmers fertilize their fields before planting.
农民在种植前给田地施肥。
施肥
fertilized — past of fertilize
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
施肥
add fertilizer or nutrients to soil
Farmers fertilize their fields before planting.
农民在种植前给田地施肥。
通过添加养分使(土壤)更肥沃。
To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.
使更具创造性或更富有知识产出。
To make more creative or intellectually productive.
通过授精使产生后代；授精。
To cause to produce offspring through insemination; to inseminate.
fertilize
Base
原形
fertilizes
3rd person
第三人称单数
fertilizing
-ing
现在分词
fertilized
Past
过去式
fertilized
Past participle
过去分词
Farmers fertilize their fields in spring.
农民们在春天给田地施肥。
She fertilized the garden yesterday.
她昨天给花园施了肥。
He has fertilized the soil with compost.
他用堆肥给土壤施了肥。
注意：规则动词，过去式和过去分词均为 fertilized；可用于给植物施肥，也可指使卵子受精。
In early spring, I fertilize the flower beds with compost to help the roses grow.
早春时，我给花坛施堆肥，帮助玫瑰生长。
If you fertilize your lawn too often, the grass may burn.
如果你太频繁地给草坪施肥，草可能会被烧坏。
Farmers fertilized the fields before planting the corn.
农民们在种玉米前给田地施了肥。
对象通常为土地、植物等。
Farmers fertilize their fields before planting.
农民在种植前给田地施肥。
with 后接所用肥料。
She fertilized the roses with a liquid feed.
她用液体肥料给玫瑰施肥。
用于生物学语境，表示使受精。
The egg is fertilized by the sperm.
卵子由精子受精。
Not this
The gardener needs to buy some fertilize.
Use this
The gardener needs to buy some fertilizer.
fertilize 是动词，表示“施肥”；表示肥料的名词是 fertilizer。中文中“肥料”可作名词，学习者易将动词形式误用为名词。
Not this
We should fertilize on the soil before planting.
Use this
We should fertilize the soil before planting.
fertilize 是及物动词，直接接宾语 the soil，不需要介词 on；受中文“在土壤上施肥”的影响，容易误加 on。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
给土壤施肥
Farmers fertilize the soil before planting.
农民在种植前给土壤施肥。
给庄稼施肥
They fertilize the crops twice a year.
他们每年给庄稼施肥两次。
使卵子受精
A sperm must fertilize an egg for conception.
受孕需要精子使卵子受精。
给花园施肥
She fertilizes the garden in early spring.
她在早春给花园施肥。
给植物施肥
You should fertilize indoor plants every few months.
你应该每隔几个月给室内植物施肥。
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记忆联想：fertile（肥沃）+ -ize（使……化），给土地施肥使其肥沃，也指使卵子受精。
语域：mixed 常见场景：gardening/agriculture、biology/embryology fertilize 在农业/园艺中常表示“施肥”（如 fertilize the soil/plants），在生物学/医学中表示“使受精”（如 fertilize an egg），后者多用于较正式或专业语境。日常口语中通常较少单独使用，可考虑用 add fertilizer 或 feed plants 等更自然的说法。
词尾读音相同的是 utilize /ˈjuːtɪlaɪz/、sterilize /ˈsterɪlaɪz/、civilize /ˈsɪvɪlaɪz/、mobilize /ˈməʊbɪlaɪz/、realize /ˈrɪəlaɪz/，都与 fertilize /ˈfəːtilaiz/ 一样以 /laɪz/ 收尾；其中 utilize 与 fertilize 的 /tɪlaɪz/ 一段完全相同。注意 organize /ˈɔːɡənaɪz/ 虽以 -ize 结尾，但读 /naɪz/，不是 /laɪz/。
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