N-UNCOUNT. 教养. If someone says that a person has breeding, they mean that they think the person is from a good social background and has good manners. ※Birth is much, but breeding is more. 出身固然重要,教养更且重要。 ※A man's own good-breeding is his best security against other people's ill manners. 自身教养好是抵制他人无礼的最好保证.