foster
UK ['fɒs.tər] US ['fɑ:.stɚ] verb
TAKE CARE OF 照顾
intransitive or transitive
■to take care of a child, usually for a limited time, without being the child's legal parent 代养，抚育，照料（他人子女，通常指有限的一段时间）•Would you consider fostering (a child) ?你会考虑代养一个孩子吗？ Compare adopt
UK ['fɒs.tər] US ['fɑ:.stɚ] verb
ENCOURAGE 鼓励
transitive
■to encourage the development or growth of ideas or feelings 鼓励；促进；培养•I'm trying to foster an interest in classical music in my children.我正努力培养我的孩子们对古典音乐的兴趣。 •They were discussing the best way to foster democracy and prosperity in the former communist countries.他们正在讨论促进前共产主义国家民主和繁荣的最佳办法。
UK ['fɒs.tər] US ['fɑ:.stɚ] adjective [before noun]
■describes someone or something connected with the care of children, usually for a limited time, by someone who is not the child's legal parent 代养，抚育，照料（他人子女，通常指有限的一段时间）•a foster care/home/child/mother非亲代养／寄养家庭／代养的孩子／养母 •She was taken into care by the local council and placed with a foster family.她由当地市政厅监护并被送到了一个寄养家庭。 •As a child, he had lived with a succession of foster parents.他小时候和好几任养父母一起生活过。 |