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。
• Fosters a critical awareness of how images in our culture are produced and constructed.
  培养对影像如何在我们的文化中被制造和建立的批判意识。
• The functional part of stupidity lubricates the work process and fosters greater certainty and a happier atmosphere.
  愚蠢的功能性润滑了工作流程，有助于营造更大的确定性，并让工作氛围更为融洽。
• 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。
• 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。
• In business, competition fosters innovation.
  在业务方面，竞争可以促进创新。
• SDO provides a neutral representation of business data, fosters a datasource-agnostic model, and promotes loose coupling.
  SDO为业务数据提供了一种中立的表示方法，建立了一种与数据源无关的模型，降低了耦合度。
• A company that fosters a healthy corporate culture will also have people who love their job.
  一个培养健康企业文化的公司也将具有爱岗敬业的人。
• Too rigid parental control fosters rebellion in children.
  父母管教过严会促使子女反抗。
• This course fosters the development of aural skills that lead to an understanding of Western music.
  本课程通过了解和感悟西方音乐来学习各种听力技巧。