foster 英 [ˈfɒstə(r)]   美 [ˈfɔstə(r)]

foster

foster  英 [ˈfɒstə(r)] 美 [ˈfɔstə(r)]

vt. 培养;养育,代养  adj. 代养的 

进行时:fostering  过去式:fostered  过去分词:fostered  第三人称单数:fosters  名词复数:fosters 

The club's aim is to foster better relations within the community. 俱乐部的宗旨是促进团体内部的关系。
They have fostered over 60 children during the past ten years. 在过去十年间,他们抚育了 60 多个儿童。

  • To foster is to nurture something. A teacher could foster creativity by providing crayons to every student. You can also foster a child, which means the child lives in your home for a time.
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  • vt. 培养;养育,代养
  • adj. 代养的
  • 1. The club's aim is to foster better relations within the community.

    俱乐部的宗旨是促进团体内部的关系。

  • 2. They have fostered over 60 children during the past ten years.

    在过去十年间,他们抚育了 60 多个儿童。

  • 3. We couldn't adopt a child, so we decided to foster.

    我们不能领养孩子,所以决定代养一个。

  • 4. a foster child

    代养的小孩

  • 5. a foster home

    寄养家庭

  • foster (v.) Old English *fostrian "to supply with food, nourish, support," from fostor "food, nourishment, bringing up," from Proto-Germanic *fostra-, from extended form of PIE root *pa- "to feed."
fos·ter / ˈfɒstə(r) ; NAmE ˈfɔːstər ; ˈfɑːstər / verb , adjective foster fosters fostered fostering verb 1 [transitive ] fostersth to encourage sth to develop 促进;助长;培养;鼓励 SYN encourage , promote The club's aim is to foster better relations within the community. 俱乐部的宗旨是促进团体内部的关系。 2 [transitive ,  intransitive ] foster(sb) ( especially BrE) to take another person's child into your home for a period of time, without becoming his or her legal parents 代养,抚育,照料(他人子女一段时间) They have fostered over 60 children during the past ten years. 在过去十年间,他们抚育了 60 多个儿童。 We couldn't adopt a child, so we decided to foster. 我们不能领养孩子,所以决定代养一个。 collocationsat child compare adopt  (1 ) adjective [only before noun ] used with some nouns in connection with the fosteringof a child (与某些代养有关的名词连用) a foster mother/father/family 代养母亲╱父亲;代养的家庭 foster parents 代养父母 a foster child 代养的小孩 a foster home 寄养家庭 foster care 寄养照管 fos·ter / ˈfɒstə(r) ; NAmE ˈfɔːstər ; ˈfɑːstər /
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