foster
- v.促进;培养;鼓励;助长;代养，抚育，照料(他人子女一段时间)
- adj.与某些代养有关的名词连用
- n.福斯特(男子名)
过去式： fostered 现在分词： fostering 过去分词： fostered 第三人称单数： fosters
fosterverb
促进；助长；培养；鼓励
to encourage sth to develop
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。
代养，抚育，照料（他人子女一段时间）
to take another person's child into your home for a period of time, without becoming his or her legal parents
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。
adj.
foster
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ADJ 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.Little Jack was placed with foster parents...
小杰克和养父母住在一起。
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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.She has since gone on to find happiness by fostering more than 100 children.
从那以后她代养了 100 多个孩子，并从中得到快乐。
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VERB 促进;鼓励;培养
To foster something such as an activity or idea means to help it to develop.He said that developed countries had a responsibility to foster global economic growth to help new democracies...
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。
verb
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- help develop, help grow
- nurture his talents
- Synonym: nurture
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- bring up under fosterage;of children
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- promote the growth of
- Foster our children's well-being and education
- Synonym: further
adj
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- providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties
- foster parent
- foster child
- foster home
- surrogate father
- Synonym: surrogate
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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。
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He said that developed countries had a responsibility to foster global economic growth to help new democracies
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。
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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。
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One hundred have already been placed with foster families .
有一百名已经获安排领养。
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The children were placed with foster parents .
这些小孩已安顿好，交给寄养父母了。
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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。
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The children were waiting for placement in a foster care home
这些孩子在抚育院等待安置。
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Its cash crisis has been fostered by declining property values .
地产贬值引发了现金危机。
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The foster mother was a wonderful , warm person .
寄养母是一个很不错的热心人。
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She has since gone on to find happiness by fostering more than 100 children .
从那以后她代养了100多个孩子，并从中得到快乐。
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After due consideration it was decided to send him away to live with foster parents
充分考虑之后决定将他送到养父母那儿生活。
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The centre aims to help disadvantaged areas of Europe , mainly by fostering new businesses .
该中心旨在帮助欧洲的贫困地区，方法主要是通过扶持新型商业。
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Foster , who is twice the world champion .
两次获世界冠军的福斯特
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They suspected that Neville had traded secret information with Mr Foster .
他们怀疑内维尔和福斯特先生交换了秘密情报。
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Little Jack was placed with foster parents
小杰克和养父母住在一起。
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Mason was uninhibited in his questions about Foster 's family .
梅森就福斯特的家庭毫无顾忌地发问。
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The president called foreign aid a handout that fosters dependence on wealthy nations .
总统认为外援是不劳而获之财，会助长本国对富国的依赖性。
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We are looking for foster carers who can care for a child for a few days
我们在找寄养家庭，帮忙照看一个孩子几天。
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He may have had some suspicions of Michael Foster , the editor of the journal
他可能对杂志主编迈克尔·福斯特有些怀疑。
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Fostering is a full-time job and you should carefully consider how it will fit into your career
抚养孩子是全天候的事，应该仔细考虑如何将它与事业协调起来。
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He has spent most of his life being shunted between his mother , father and various foster families
他一生中的大部分时间都在他母亲、父亲及各种各样的寄养家庭之间辗转度过。
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The President is keen to notch a political triumph that would foster freer world trade and faster economic growth .
总统渴望获得政治胜利，以促使世界贸易更为自由，经济发展更为迅速。
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Mr Foster romped home with 141 votes .
福斯特先生以141票轻松获胜。
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The bright and telegenic Miss Foster is being paid around £ 90,000 a year for her exclusive deal .
福斯特小姐头脑聪明，镜头感十足，凭其独家节目拿到约9万英镑的年薪。
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He manoeuvres to foster recovery .
他采取手段促进复苏。
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The winners are as follows : E. Walker ; R. Foster ; R. Gates ; A. Mackintosh
优胜者分别是：E.沃克、R.福斯特、R.盖茨和A.麦金托什。
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The couple adopted the black child they had been fostering .
那对夫妇收养了他们一直代养的黑人小孩。
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My foster father treated me as his own son .
我养父待我如同亲生。
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We fostered the young girl while her mother was in hospital .
她母亲住院时，我们照顾这个小女孩。
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The lack of understanding fosters feelings of hatred between the two nations .
缺乏了解助长两国之间的仇意。
指收养他人孩子的，只作定语。
Mr. Green is Jane's adoptive father.
格林先生是简的养父。
She has to take care of her adoptive mother.
她必须照顾养母。
一般作定语，既可指“被收养的（adopted）”，也可指“收养孩子的（adoptive）”。
the foster father/mother/parents
养父/养母/养父母
the foster children/daughter/son
养子女/养女/养子
a foster home
寄养家庭
My foster father treated me as his own son.
我养父待我如同亲生。
通常指照顾生病、受伤、年迈的人。
After his injury, Mrs Miles nursed him back to health.
他受伤后，迈尔斯夫人照料他恢复了健康。
She spends all her time nursing her old mother.
她全部的时间都用来照料年迈的母亲。
指在一段时间内替他人照顾孩子，但法律上并未成为孩子的父母。
We fostered the young girl while her mother was in hospital.
她母亲住院时，我们照顾这个小女孩。
The couple adopted the black child they had been fostering.
那对夫妇收养了他们一直代养的黑人小孩。
指照料处于生长发育阶段的孩子或植物。
Those young parents often discuss the best way to nurture their children.
那些年轻的父母经常讨论养育孩子的最佳方法。
These plants should be nurtured in the greenhouse.
这些植物应该在温室里培育。