foster
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++fos·ter1 /ˈfɒstə $ ˈfɑːstər/ ●○○ verb 1 [transitive]HELP to help a skill, feeling, idea etc develop over a period of time 促进，培养，助长 SYN encourage, promote The bishop helped foster the sense of a community embracing all classes. 主教鼓励一种包容各个阶层的社区精神。2 [intransitive, transitive]FAMILY to take someone else’s child into your family for a period of time but without becoming their legal parent 〔在一段时间内〕抚育，代养〔别人的孩子〕 → adopt The couple wanted to adopt a black child they had been fostering. 那对夫妇想收养他们代养的一个黑人小孩。→ See Verb table
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foster• The Hammonds fostered a little Romanian boy for a few months.• The sequential maturation of the intellectual and social aspects fosters a sense of assurance in the child and acceptance by others.• Fostering a teenager is obviously different from fostering a small child.• Might which controls and appropriates solely for self fosters an appetite for even more power.• Reiteration of a decade-old deception could not fail to foster an enhanced sense of futility.• The workshops can foster better communication between husbands and wives.• During my mother's long illness I was fostered by a middle-aged couple on the other side of town.• These classroom activities are intended to foster children's language skills.• Recent studies show that advertising usually fosters competition and therefore lower prices.• The care programme approach was seen to foster dependency in two ways, on the part of clients and on the part of staff.• Social networks, for example, might be fostered for those at risk of becoming isolated.• In 1954 Britain had fostered the Baghdad Pact to create a band of friendly pro-Western states against the Soviet threat.• Planning policies of concentration have fostered this, sometimes to facilitate the provision of amenities and services to housing.• Guideline 7: Show your affection and foster your child's love and respect.foster2 ●○○ adjective 1 foster mother/father/parents FAMILYthe people who foster a child 养母/养父/养父母 It is sometimes difficult to find suitable foster parents. 有时很难找到合适的养父母。2. foster child/son/daughter FAMILYa child who is fostered 养子[女]/养子/养女3. foster brother/sister someone who has different parents from you, but who is being brought up in the same family 义兄[弟]/义姐[妹]4. foster home SSCa private home where a child is fostered 寄养家庭Examples from the Corpus
foster• two New York subway cops who are also foster brothers• Hospital documents had begun showing recommendations that Jackie be placed in foster care as early as 1973.• Half a million American children are in foster care at any given time.• She finally adopted her foster-child, six-year old Shania.• Nationally, a disproportionate 48 percent of all foster children are minorities.• These foster children are not available for adoption.• As a result, the report said, one in 10 foster children remains in the system for more than seven years.• Other foster children with happy memories did the same, though distance and new relationships combined to make contact sporadic.• She added to her regular income by taking in foster-children.• There was greater contentment there than within the average hostel or foster home and most certainly a greater sense of personal fulfilment.• Steve went to live in a series of foster homes.• He ran away after his foster-mother accused him of stealing.• It is sometimes difficult to find suitable foster-parents for a lively ten-year-old.• The magistrates chairman told foster parents had given him a chance - it was now up to him to take it.• The local authority obtained an emergency protection order and placed the girl with foster parents.Origin foster2 Old English fostor-, from fostor “food, feeding”fos·ter1 verbfoster2 adjectiveChineseSyllable
help skill, etc Corpus develop a over feeling, to idea
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foster
fos‧ter1 /ˈfɒstə $ ˈfɑːstər/ 
verb
1. [transitive] to help a skill, feeling, idea etc develop over a period of time
SYN encourage, promote:
The bishop helped foster the sense of a community embracing all classes.
2. [intransitive and transitive] to take someone else’s child into your family for a period of time but without becoming their legal parent ⇨ adopt:
The couple wanted to adopt a black child they had been fostering.
foster2 adjective
It is sometimes difficult to find suitable foster parents.
2. foster child/son/daughter a child who is fostered
3. foster brother/sister someone who has different parents from you, but who is being brought up in the same family
4. foster home a private home where a child is fostered
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verb1. [transitive] to help a skill, feeling, idea etc develop over a period of time
SYN encourage, promote:
2. [intransitive and transitive] to take someone else’s child into your family for a period of time but without becoming their legal parent ⇨ adopt:
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adjective Language: Old English
Origin: fostor-, from fostor 'food, feeding'
1. foster mother/father/parents the people who foster a child:Origin: fostor-, from fostor 'food, feeding'
2. foster child/son/daughter a child who is fostered
3. foster brother/sister someone who has different parents from you, but who is being brought up in the same family
4. foster home a private home where a child is fostered
Foster
Foster, Jo‧die /ˈdʒəʊdi/
(1962–) a US film actress and director who first appeared as a child in films such as Taxi Driver (1976), and won Oscars for her performances in The Accused (1988) and Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Foster, Norman
(1935–) a British architect (=someone who designs buildings) who has won many prizes for his designs, and who works mainly in a very modern high-tech style. His buildings include London's Gherkin, the Millau Viaduct in France, and Tower 2 of the planned rebuilding of the World Trade Center in New York. His official title is Baron Foster of Thames Bank.
Foster, Ste‧phen /ˈstiːvən/
(1826–64) a US songwriter known for his many popular songs, such as Oh Susanna, Camptown Races, and Old Folks at Home, which were often about life in the South of the US
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(1962–) a US film actress and director who first appeared as a child in films such as Taxi Driver (1976), and won Oscars for her performances in The Accused (1988) and Silence of the Lambs (1991)
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(1935–) a British architect (=someone who designs buildings) who has won many prizes for his designs, and who works mainly in a very modern high-tech style. His buildings include London's Gherkin, the Millau Viaduct in France, and Tower 2 of the planned rebuilding of the World Trade Center in New York. His official title is Baron Foster of Thames Bank.
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(1826–64) a US songwriter known for his many popular songs, such as Oh Susanna, Camptown Races, and Old Folks at Home, which were often about life in the South of the US
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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/( laborespecially
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
NAmE raise a child/family抚养孩子 care for/ ( especially
BrE look after a baby/child/kid照顾小孩 change ( a nappy/BrE ( a diaper/a babyNAmE 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
BrE 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