fosters

英 [ˈfɒstəz]

美 [ˈfɑːstərz]

v.  促进; 助长; 培养; 鼓励; 代养，抚育，照料(他人子女一段时间)
foster的第三人称单数

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。

双语例句

• Travel between our countries fosters improved understanding between our two peoples and facilitates cooperation and collaboration in every field.
  我们两国之间的来往促进我们两国人民之间的相互理解并促进了两国在各个领域的合作和协作。
• This topology fosters enterprisewide commonality of service definitions.
  这种拓扑形成了企业范围公共的服务定义。
• E-mail enhances personal initiative and responsibility in an environment that fosters discussion.
  在一个鼓励讨论的环境中，电子信函提高了人们的主动性和责任感。
• The result is a framework that embraces radical compromises and fosters radical productivity.
  结果就是这样一个框架：既有根本上的折衷，又促进了根本性的生产率改进。
• Too rigid parental control fosters rebellion in children.
  父母管教过严会促使子女反抗。
• This fosters awareness as well as reusability of business services that are developed by different business domains.
  这促进了对由不同业务域开发的业务服务的理解和责任。
• This not only fosters greater innovation but more creativity.
  这不仅有希望实现更大的创新，而且会提高创造力。
• It will have a governance structure that provides legitimacy and fosters trust and confidence.
  它的治理架构应该能支撑其合法性，并增进信任和信心。
• Tourism fosters interest in other countries.
  旅游有助于提高对其它国家的兴趣。
• Humor fosters acceptance of our humanness and our foibles.
  幽默会培养我们人性和弱点上的接受程度。