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The gardener needs to buy some fertilize.
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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。
施肥
fertilizes — third person singular of fertilize
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施肥
add fertilizer or nutrients to soil
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。
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。
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。
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。
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