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foster vt.领养；培养；促进；鼓励；抱有（希望等）adj.收养的 (1) 不能生育的人有时领养别人的(孩子).(2) 培养一种兴趣是十分重要的。(3) 母亲设法培养儿子对音乐的兴趣。(4) 鼓励学生采用不同思维方式的策略。(5) 我们应鼓励在需要发展的地区投资。(6) 我知道她抱着秘密的希望。(7) 收养的孩子也应该得到关爱。 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.

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英 ['fɒstə(r)] 美 ['fɔːstər] (1) People who cannot have a baby of their own sometimes foster (a child).(2) It is very important to foster an interest.(3) The mother tried to foster her son's interest in music.(4) Foster students'use of various thinking strategies.(5) We should foster capital investment in areas needing development.(6) I know that she fosters a secret hope.(7) The foster children also deserve love and care. 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. 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	英 ['fɒstə(r)] 美 ['fɔːstər]
中文释义	vt.领养；培养；促进；鼓励；抱有（希望等） adj.收养的
英语例句	(1) People who cannot have a baby of their own sometimes foster (a child). (2) It is very important to foster an interest. (3) The mother tried to foster her son's interest in music. (4) Foster students'use of various thinking strategies. (5) We should foster capital investment in areas needing development. (6) I know that she fosters a secret hope. (7) The foster children also deserve love and care.
中文例句	(1) 不能生育的人有时领养别人的(孩子). (2) 培养一种兴趣是十分重要的。 (3) 母亲设法培养儿子对音乐的兴趣。 (4) 鼓励学生采用不同思维方式的策略。 (5) 我们应鼓励在需要发展的地区投资。 (6) 我知道她抱着秘密的希望。 (7) 收养的孩子也应该得到关爱。
vocabulary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.
vocabulary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.
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。

Foster Child N People Baby Mother Means Parent