单词 | foster |
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音标 | ['fɔstə] |
解释 | v.培养,鼓励;领养 |
红宝书 | 【英】 v. 培养,鼓励(help the development of sth);领养(take care of and bring up a child that is not legally one's own) 【考】 recommend : laud / sanction : foster(推荐是称赞/批准是 促进)反义词:stymie(阻碍 ); repress(压制); retract(取消) 【例】 People who cannot have a baby of their own sometimes foster a child. |
字源 | foster (v.) Old English *fostrian "to supply with food, nourish, support," from fostor "food, nourishment, bringing up," from Proto-Germanic *fostrom, from root *foth-/*fod- (see food). Meaning "to bring up a child with parental care" is from c.1200; that of "to encourage or help grow" is early 13c. of things; 1560s of feelings, ideas, etc. Old English also had the adjective meaning "in the same family but not related," in fostorfæder, etc. Related: Fostered; fostering. |
不择手段背单词 | v. 培养(促进生长、发展等) = nurture = cultivate; 领养 【记】经过foster的人跑得faster 【类】recommend: laud = sanction: foster 推荐是称赞 = 支持是促进 【反】stymie(v 从中作梗; 妨碍); repress(v 压制); retract(v 缩回; 撤消); thwart(vt 反对; 阻碍); stifle(vt 抑制) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】源自food;音:服伺他,指服伺小孩,老人;要faster,得foster |
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