foster
英 [ˈfɒstə]
美 [ˈfɔːst-]
[ADJ, VERB]
1. 代养的 , 寄养的
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.
双语例句
例：Little Jack was placed with foster parents.
小杰克被安置在养父母家。
ADJ. 形容词
fosters , fostering , fostered
1. [T 及物动词] 收养
If you foster a child, you take it into your family for a period of time, without becoming its legal parent.
双语例句
例：She has since gone on to find happiness by fostering more than 100 children.
她此后又收养了100多个孩子，并从中获得了快乐。
2. [T 及物动词] 促进
To foster something such as an activity or idea means to help it to develop.
双语例句
例：He said that developed countries had a responsibility to foster global economic growth to help new democracies.
他说发达国家有一种促进全球经济增长以帮助新兴民主国家的责任。
VERB. 动词
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