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foster ☞fosterv. [′fstǝ] (fosters; fostered; fostering)
双解释义 1. vt.培养，促进 help the growth or development 2. vt. & vi.收养，养育 take care or bring up a child that is not legally one's own 词汇搭配 ～+名词 ～ a child 收养孩子 ～ an attitude 滋长某种情绪 ～ an impression 加深印象 ～ an interest 培养兴趣 ～ inflation 刺激通货膨胀句型例句 用作不及物动词 ▲ S+～(+A) Nowaday young couple sometimes foster. 现今年轻夫妇有时领养别人的孩子。用作及物动词 ▲ S+～+n./pron. We foster the young girl while her mother was in hospital. 小女孩的母亲住院时我们照顾这个小女孩。 The captain did his best to foster a sense of unity among the new recruits. 队长尽力培养新成员之间的团结精神。 Ignorance fosters superstition. 无知助长迷信。词语辨异 ♣ foster, cherish, cultivate, nurse, nurture 参见nurse条。 学习参考 foster 也可用作形容词，多用以构成复合名词。例如： Danny is my foster brother. 丹尼是我的养弟。补充资料 ［同义词］ encourage, nurse, protect ［反义词］ combat, oppose, resist ［词源］古英语fostrian（喂养） |