| 词汇 | foster |
| 释义 | foster verb uk /ˈfɒs.tər/ us /ˈfɑː.stɚ/ fosterverb (TAKE CARE OF)[ I or T ] to take care of a child, usually for a limited time, without being the child's legal parent: 收养，代养，抚育（他人子女，通常指有限的一段时间） foster a childWould you consider fostering a child?你会考虑代养一个孩子吗？ Compare adopt(TAKE INTO HOME) Parenting & caring for children adopt adoptable adopted adoptee adoption caretaking child-rearing childless childlessness childmind kinship carer lawnmower parent looked-after milestone mothering snowploughing stay-at-home swaddle unadoptable unadopted fosterverb (ENCOURAGE)[ T ] to encourage the development or growth of ideas or feelings: 鼓励；促进；培养 foster something in someoneI'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。 Encouraging and urging on abet barrack for someone bread bring bring someone out get out of here!idiom go on good/great/lovely stuff!idiom goose hearteningly muster pave the wayidiom pep talk permit prepare prepare the groundidiom spur stimulus stoke urge foster adjective[ before noun ] uk /ˈfɒs.tər/ us /ˈfɑː.stɚ/ used to refer to someone or something connected with the care of children, usually for a limited time, by someone who is not the child's legal parent: （在有限的一段时间内）（所）收养的，（所）代养的 foster care/home/child/mother foster familyThe neglected child was removed from her home and placed with a foster family.这名未受妥善照顾的女孩子被送到了一户寄养家庭中。 foster parentAs a child, he had lived with a series of foster parents.他小时候和好几任养父母一起生活过。 foster fatherI had a really good relationship with my foster father. foster motherThe boy's foster mother refused to be interviewed. Family: non-blood relations auntie blended family brother-in-law co-brother co-sister godfather godmother godparent godson in-law sister-in-law son-in-law step step kid stepbrother stepfather stepmother stepmum stepparent stepsister foster | American Dictionaryfoster verb[ T ] us/ˈfɔs·tər, ˈfɑs-/ fosterverb[T] (TAKE CARE OF)to take care of a child as if it were your own, usually for a limited time, without being the child’s legal parent fosterverb[T] (ENCOURAGE)to encourage the development or growth of ideas or feelings: I try to foster an appreciation for classical music in my students. foster adjective[ not gradable ] us/ˈfɔs·tər, ˈfɑs-/ providing a home or care to a child when you are not their legal parent, or receiving such care, usually for a limited time: A social service agency placed the child with a foster family. Examples of fosterfoster A thing has dignity when it is not opposed to the higher and nobler virtues but rather accords with them and fosters them. They also fostered new forms of commercial relations between individuals. Whether they fostered or hampered creativity depends on how one defines it. The system itself fostered a constipated, inward-turning national posture, and attitudes of fear and hostility towards neighbours. Because this object is not given by someone, a relationship with it incurs no obligation and fosters no dependency, as in gift exchange. Theory posits cognitive processes fostering acquisition as well as how these processes are engaged through input that a task designer can manipulate. At 36 and 54 months, two additional ratings, fostering exploration and intrusiveness reversed !, were added to the composite. In the low-aggressive line, there are multiple behaviors affected by fostering and only a single behavior influenced by endotoxin, in interaction with the fostering condition. A social context of this type may reduce a child's risk for depression by fostering a sense of meaning, belonging, and optimism. Challenges at work are considered to be "steeling," fostering coping resources that alleviate the detrimental effects of subsequent stressors, especially those encountered in the workplace. A climate of reductionism fostered the development of technologies that were applied to physiology and to the study of the nervous system. Environmental policy, fostered by international agreements, gives a better explanation why pollution curbs downward at high income levels. In the next section, we highlight the role of specific government policies in fostering these price changes. They fostered a strong sense of community, and of belonging to some particular group. The new elites of the cities also fostered alliances with elites in other areas, for example, with the landed elites in the countryside. See all examples of foster These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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