foster
US
UK foster [sth] vtr: (promote)
SC 促进 cù jìn
TC 促進
TC 促進
SC 培养 cù jìn，péi yǎng
The idea was intended to foster better relations between them.
这么做的原意是要促成他们之间更为良好的关系。
foster [sth] vtr: figurative (encourage: an attitude)
SC 鼓励 gǔ lì
TC 鼓勵
TC 鼓勵
SC 助长 gǔ lì，zhù zhǎng
TC 助長
TC 助長
SC 促进 gǔ lì，cù jìn
TC 促進
TC 促進
It's important to foster independence in your child.
鼓励孩子独立自主很重要。
foster [sth] vtr: figurative (feeling: cherish) (希望、渴望等)
SC 心怀，抱有 bào yǒu
He fostered hopes of returning to his homeland.
他抱有回归祖国的希望。
foster adj: (parents, child: non-biological)
SC 领养的
SC 养（父母、子女）
They were his foster parents, not his biological parents.
他们是他的养父母，不是生身父母。
foster [sb] vtr: (bring up)
SC 抚养 fǔ yǎng
SC 照顾 fǔ yǎng，zhào gù
TC 照顧
TC 照顧
They decided to foster the two orphans.
foster brother n: (brother temporarily adopted) (在同一家庭中养育，但不是同父母的兄弟)
SC 义兄弟，同奶兄弟 yí xiōng dì，tóng nǎi xiōng dì
George is my foster brother; that's why he doesn't look like me or anyone else in the family.
foster care n: (short-term adoption)
SC 寄养 jì yǎng
Most children who grow up in foster care are shuffled from one family to the next.
foster child n: (child placed with a family)
SC 养子 yǎng zǐ
SC 养女 yǎng zǐ ，yǎng nǚ
SC 寄养的孩子 yǎng zǐ ，jì yǎng de hái zi
She became a foster child when both of her parents went to jail.
foster daughter n: (girl adopted temporarily)
SC 养女 yǎng nǚ
SC 寄女 yǎng nǚ ，jì nǚ
Valerie is the Johnsons' foster daughter.
foster family n: (family who adopt a child temporarily)
SC 寄养家庭 jì yǎng jiā tíng
TC 寄養家庭
TC 寄養家庭
Lorraine was brought up by her foster family.
foster father n: (father by temporary adoption) (无正式的法律收养关系)
SC 非亲抚养养父
foster home n: (child's temporary home)
SC 寄养家庭 jì yǎng jiā tíng
TC 寄養家庭
TC 寄養家庭
SC 收养家庭 jì yǎng jiā tíng，shōu yǎng jiā tíng
Before being adopted she spent three years in a foster home.
foster mother n: (mother by temporary adoption)
SC 养母 yǎng mǔ
My foster mother loved me as dearly as her own children.
foster parent n: (temporary parent)
SC 养父母 yǎng fù mǔ
TC 養父母
TC 養父母
SC 继养父母 yǎng fù mǔ，jì yǎng fù mǔ
It's not easy being a foster parent, knowing the child could be removed at any time.
foster parents npl: (temporary adoptive mother and father)
SC 养父母 yǎng fù mǔ
TC 養父母
TC 養父母
Ben and Terry decided to become foster parents when they couldn't have their own children.
foster sister n: (temporarily-adopted female sibling)
SC 养姐妹
When I asked my foster sister about her parents, she said they were bad people.
foster son n: (boy adopted temporarily)
SC 养子 yǎng zǐ
SC 寄子 yǎng zǐ ，jì zǐ
Sally's foster son is called Nathan.