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foster

verb
 
/ˈfɒstə(r)/
/ˈfɑːstər/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they foster
/ˈfɒstə(r)/
/ˈfɑːstər/
he / she / it fosters
/ˈfɒstəz/
/ˈfɑːstərz/
past simple fostered
/ˈfɒstəd/
/ˈfɑːstərd/
past participle fostered
/ˈfɒstəd/
/ˈfɑːstərd/
-ing form fostering
/ˈfɒstərɪŋ/
/ˈfɑːstərɪŋ/
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  1.  
    [transitive] foster something to encourage something to develop促进；助长；培养；鼓励 synonym encourage, promote
    • The club's aim is to foster better relations within the community.俱乐部的宗旨是促进团体内部的关系。
    Extra Examples
    • The school has carefully fostered its progressive image.该校精心打造了一个开明进步的形象。
    • Such organizations need to foster innovation.这些组织需要促进创新。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • carefully
    • deliberately
    verb + foster
    • help (to)
    • be designed to
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  2.  
    [transitive, intransitive] foster (somebody) (especially British English) to take another person’s child into your home for a period of time, without becoming his or her legal parents代养，抚育，照料（他人子女一段时间）
    • They have fostered over 60 children during the past ten years.在过去十年间，他们抚育了 60 多个儿童。
    • We couldn't adopt a child, so we decided to foster.我们不能领养孩子，所以决定代养一个。
    Collocations ChildrenChildren孩子Having a baby/​child怀孕
    • want a baby/​a child/​kids想要孩子
    • start a family生孩子
    • conceive/​be expecting/​be going to have a baby/​child怀孕
    • miss your period月经未按期来
    • become/​get/​be/​find out that you are pregnant怀孕了；发现怀孕了
    • have a baby/​a child/​kids/​a son/​a daughter/​twins/​a family有一个宝宝／一个孩子／孩子／一个儿子／一个女儿／一对双胞胎／孩子
    • have a normal/​a difficult/​an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/​a difficult/​a home birth正常／历经艰难／意外怀孕；顺产；难产；在家中分娩
    • be in/​go into/​induce labour (especially US English) labor分娩；催产
    • have/​suffer/​cause a miscarriage流产；引起流产
    • give birth to a child/​baby/​daughter/​son/​twins生了一个孩子／一个宝宝／一个女儿／一个儿子／一对双胞胎
    Parenting养育；抚养；教养
    • bring up/ (especially North American English) raise a child/​family抚养孩子
    • care for/ (especially British English) look after a baby/​child/​kid照顾小孩
    • change (British English) a nappy/(North American English) a diaper/​a baby换尿布；给婴儿换尿布
    • feed/​breastfeed/​bottle-feed a baby喂孩子；给孩子哺乳；用奶瓶喂养孩子
    • be entitled to/​go on maternity/​paternity leave有权利休／正在休产假／陪产假
    • go back/​return to work after maternity leave产假后回到工作岗位
    • need/​find/​get a babysitter/​good quality affordable childcare需要／找到一个临时保姆／负担得起的高质量儿童保育
    • balance/​combine work and childcare/​child-rearing/​family life平衡／兼顾工作与照顾小孩／抚养小孩／家庭生活
    • educate/​teach/​home-school a child/​kid教育孩子；给孩子家庭教育
    • punish/​discipline/​spoil a child/​kid惩罚／管教／娇惯孩子
    • adopt a baby/​child/​kid收养小孩
    • offer a baby for/​put a baby up for adoption把小孩给人收养
    • (especially British English) foster a child/​kid代养小孩
    • be placed with/​be raised by foster parents被交给寄养父母；由寄养父母抚养
    compare adoptTopics Life stagesc1, Family and relationshipsc1
    3. Word OriginOld English fōstrian ‘feed, nourish’, from fōster ‘food, nourishment’, of Germanic origin; related to food. The sense ‘bring up another's (originally also one's own) child’ dates from Middle English.

foster

adjective
/ˈfɒstə(r)/
/ˈfɑːstər/
[only before noun]
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  1. used with some nouns in connection with the fostering of a child（与某些代养有关的名词连用）
    • a foster mother/father/family代养母亲／父亲；代养的家庭
    • foster parents代养父母
    • a foster child代养的小孩
    • a foster home寄养家庭
    • The children were placed in foster care.孩子们被寄养。
    Word OriginOld English fōstrian ‘feed, nourish’, from fōster ‘food, nourishment’, of Germanic origin; related to food. The sense ‘bring up another's (originally also one's own) child’ dates from Middle English.

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