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foster vt.养育,抚育,培养,鼓励,抱(希望) n.养育者,鼓励者 You may have seen photos of a cat taking care of a baby rabbit, or a pig nursing a litter of puppies: those are little foster families. Foster can be a verb (to foster someone or something) or an adjective used to describe a foster family, child, or parent. The word is from the Old English fostrian meaning "to supply with food, nourish, support," which sounds like what those mama hogs were doing. Unlike adopt, foster has a time limit. ★★☆☆☆ 2009.1

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['fɔstə(r); 'fɔ:rstər] To foster is to nurture something for a little while. She fosters creativity by providing crayons to every student. You can also foster a child, which means she lives in your home for a time. "That's a lie that we have perpetuated, and it fosters commonness. Knowing what you're good at and doing even more of it creates excellence." 1[ADJ 形容词]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.   [ADJ n]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 动词]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.   [V n]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。3[VERB 动词]促进；鼓励；培养 To foster something such as an activity or idea means to help it to develop.   [V n]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。Its cash crisis has been fostered by declining property values.地产贬值引发了现金危机。

英语单词	foster
英美音标	['fɔstə(r); 'fɔ:rstər]
中文释义	vt.养育,抚育,培养,鼓励,抱(希望) n.养育者,鼓励者
vocab简明	To foster is to nurture something for a little while. She fosters creativity by providing crayons to every student. You can also foster a child, which means she lives in your home for a time.
vocab扩展	You may have seen photos of a cat taking care of a baby rabbit, or a pig nursing a litter of puppies: those are little foster families. Foster can be a verb (to foster someone or something) or an adjective used to describe a foster family, child, or parent. The word is from the Old English fostrian meaning "to supply with food, nourish, support," which sounds like what those mama hogs were doing. Unlike adopt, foster has a time limit.
真题原句	"That's a lie that we have perpetuated, and it *fosters* commonness. Knowing what you're good at and doing even more of it creates excellence."
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]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. [ADJ n] 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 动词]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. [V n] 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。 3 [VERB 动词]促进；鼓励；培养 To foster something such as an activity or idea means to help it to develop. [V n] 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。 Its cash crisis has been fostered by declining property values. 地产贬值引发了现金危机。
来源	2009.1

Foster Child N Means Parent Family Period Time