| 单词 | foster |
| 释义 | foster verbadverb | verb + foster adverb➤carefully, deliberately (especially bre) 用心／有意识地培养◆the school has carefully fostered its progressive image.这所学校用心地树立起进步的形象。verb + foster➤help (to)有助于培养▸➤be designed to旨在促进foster [transitive, intransitive] (especially bre) to take sb else's child into your family for a period of time, without becoming his or her legal parent(s)代养，抚育，照料（他人子女）◆they have fostered over 60 children during the past ten years.过去十年间他们抚育了 60 多个孩子。◆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。▸ foster adjective [only before noun] ◆a foster mother / father / family / child / home代养母亲／父亲；代养的家庭／小孩；寄养家庭◆foster parents代养父母◆foster care寄养照管foster [transitive] (rather formal, written) to encourage sth to grow and develop促进；培养；鼓励◆the club's aim is to foster better relations within the community.俱乐部的宗旨是促进社区内人们关系的和谐。◆the school has carefully fostered its progressive image.该校精心打造了一个开明进步的形象。fosteradjective [only before noun] ◆a foster mother / father / family / child / home代养母亲／父亲；代养的家庭／小孩；寄养家庭◆foster parents代养父母◆foster care寄养照管fosteradjective [only before noun] ◆a foster mother / father / family / child / home代养母亲／父亲；代养的家庭／小孩；寄养家庭◆foster parents代养父母◆foster care寄养照管foster/ˈfɒstə(r); us ˈfɔ:- ||; ˈfɔstɚ/verb[t] 1. (especially brit 尤为英) to take a child who needs a home into your family and to care for him/her without becoming the legal parent 寄养育，寄抚养（抚养别人的孩子，但不作为法律上的父母）: ◇to foster a homeless child 抚育一个无家可归的孩子 the people who do this are foster-parents. the child is a foster-child. look at adopt. 寄养父母叫做foster-parents，寄养子女叫做foster-child。参看adopt。 2. to help or encourage the development of sth (especially feelings or ideas) 促进发展（尤指感情、思想）: ◇to foster sb's friendship/trust 促进某人的友谊╱信任 fostersee ⇨ develop 5 ⇨ look after 3☞ foster¹☞ foster² |
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