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单词 foster
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foster
fɒstəʳ fɔːst- ˈfɔstər ˈfɑstər
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense fosters, present participle fostering, past tense , past participle fostered
1 ADJ [ADJ n] 寄养的;代养的 Foster parents are people who officially take a child into their family for a period of time, without becoming the child's legal parents. The child is referred to as their foster child. 寄养的;代养的
  • Little Jack was placed with foster parents.

    小杰克和养父母住在一起。

  • The foster mother was a wonderful, warm person.

    寄养母是一个很不错的热心人。

2 VERB 寄养;代养 If you foster a child, you take it into your family for a period of time, without becoming its legal parent. 寄养;代养
  • She has since gone on to find happiness by fostering more than 100 children. [VERB noun]

    从那以后她代养了 100 多个孩子,并从中得到快乐。

SYN bring up, mother, raise, nurse
3 VERB 促进;鼓励;培养 To foster something such as an activity or idea means to help it to develop. 促进;鼓励;培养
  • He said that developed countries had a responsibility to foster global economic growth to help new democracies. [VERB noun]

    他说,发达国家有责任促进全球经济增长,以帮助新兴民主国家。

  • Its cash crisis has been fostered by declining property values. [VERB noun]

    地产贬值引发了现金危机。

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