incubate

verb

1. sit on (eggs)

e.g. Birds brood
The female covers the eggs

Synonym: broodhatchcover

2. grow under conditions that promote development

1. 孵化;孵（卵）
When birds incubate their eggs, they keep the eggs warm until the baby birds come out.

e.g. The birds returned to their nests and continued to incubate the eggs.
鸟儿回到巢里继续孵卵。

2. (使)(病毒)潜伏
When a germ in your body incubates or is incubated, it develops for a period of time before it starts making you feel ill.

e.g. The virus can incubate for up to ten days after the initial infection.
病毒在初次感染以后可以潜伏长达 10 天。

3. 酝酿;逐渐发展
If you say that plans or ideas incubate, you mean that they develop slowly after a lot of thought or discussion.

e.g. ...the fateful decision which had doubtless been incubating in his mind for years.
无疑已在他头脑中酝酿了多年的重大决定

1. 培育：在我日常工作中,除了为不同投资银行做顾问工作外,另一主要工作是培育(incubate)离开大行的交易手,提供成立对冲基金的策略建议. 交易员(trader)真是每位个性及真性情都不同. 我想问大家,为什麽如果交易员真的操盘了得,还须要别人的钱集资吗?

2. 培养：Richard Dennis(1949-)在八十年代初期,培养(incubate)了二十三位「龟仔」交易员(Turtle Traders),训练期只是二周. 长话短说,这班Turtle Traders在五年内,为Richard Dennis赚来1.75亿美元的利润,这是八十年代早期及中期的事情,

3. 孵：除去意外的损失,这些鸡蛋可以孵(incubate)出二百五十只小鸡. 小鸡的价格不停的涨,我选个好时候把这些小鸡拿到市场上一卖,赚一大笔钱. 用这些钱买一条漂亮的新裙子. 到了圣诞节,我穿上漂亮的新裙子去参加舞会,成为舞会上最漂亮的人,

4. incubate什么意思

4. 熟虑,深思,筹策：incriminate 控告 | incubate 熟虑,深思,筹策 | inculpate 归罪,控告