fostering

英 [ˈfɒstərɪŋ]

美 [ˈfɑːstərɪŋ]

v.  促进; 助长; 培养; 鼓励; 代养，抚育，照料(他人子女一段时间)
foster的现在分词

现在分词：fostering　

BNC.15007 / COCA.16047

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 寄养的;代养的
  Fosterparents 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 theirfosterchild.
  1. Little Jack was placed with foster parents...
     小杰克和养父母住在一起。
  2. The foster mother was a wonderful, warm person.
     寄养母是一个很不错的热心人。
• VERB 寄养;代养
  If youfostera child, you take it into your family for a period of time, without becoming its legal parent.
  1. She has since gone on to find happiness by fostering more than 100 children.
     从那以后她代养了 100 多个孩子，并从中得到快乐。
• VERB 促进;鼓励;培养
  Tofostersomething such as an activity or idea means to help it to develop.
  1. He said that developed countries had a responsibility to foster global economic growth to help new democracies...
     他说，发达国家有责任促进全球经济增长，以帮助新兴民主国家。
  2. Its cash crisis has been fostered by declining property values.
     地产贬值引发了现金危机。

英英释义

noun

• helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
  1. they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
  Synonym:breedingbringing upfosteragenurtureraisingrearingupbringing
• encouragement
  Synonym:fosterage

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