foster

vt. 培养；养育，抚育；抱（希望等）

adj. 收养的，养育的

n. (Foster)人名；(英、捷、意、葡、法、德、俄、西)福斯特

中文拼写：福斯特

名字含义：森林居民

名字来源：古英语

名字类别：男

Stephen Collins Foster 斯蒂芬•科林斯•福斯特：
（1826～1864），十九世纪的美国歌曲作家，被誉为“美国音乐之父”。

Jodie Foster 茱迪•福斯特：
（1962～），美国女演员，电影导演和制作人，出演了《出租汽车司机》、《沉默的羔羊》等影片。

变形

过去式：fostered过去分词：fostered现在分词：fostering第三人称单数：fosters

双语释义

vt. 培养,促进 help the growth or development

vt. & vi. 收养,养育 take care or bring up a child that is not legally one's own

英英释义

foster[ 'fɔstə ]

n.United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864)

同义词：Stephen FosterStephen Collins Foster

v.

promote the growth of

同义词：further

bring up under fosterage; of children

help develop, help grow

同义词：nurture

adj.providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties

"foster parent"; "foster child"; "foster home"

同义词：surrogate

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

foster a child收养孩子

foster an attitude滋长某种情绪

foster an impression加深印象

foster an interest培养兴趣

foster inflation刺激通货膨胀

词组短语

foster care看护；照顾

foster home寄养家庭；抚养孤儿的家庭

foster father养父

foster son n. 养子

jodie foster n. 朱迪·福斯特（美国女演员）

同近义词辨析

这组词都有“照料、培育”的意思，其区别是：

cherish强调抚育或爱抚。

nurse通常指对无力自顾的婴儿、病人等进行照料或护理。

cultivate具体意义指耕耘、培育植物；抽象意义指培养兴趣或向往的理想事物。

foster指对孩子的关心、鼓励、供养及抚养其成长；也指鼓励、促进事物的增长与发展。

tend指出于责任心、博爱心而不是私人感情去对人或物进行照顾。

双语例句

用作及物动词(vt.)

People who cannot have a baby of their own sometimes foster (a child).
不能生育的人有时领养别人的(孩子).

It is very important to foster an interest.
培养一种兴趣是十分重要的。

The mother tried to foster her son's interest in music.
母亲设法培养儿子对音乐的兴趣。

Ignorance fosters superstition.
无知助长迷信。

Foster students'use of various thinking strategies.
鼓励学生采用不同思维方式的策略。

We should foster capital investment in areas needing development.
我们应鼓励在需要发展的地区投资。

I know that she fosters a secret hope.
我知道她抱着秘密的希望。

用作形容词(adj.)

The foster children also deserve love and care.
收养的孩子也应该得到关爱。

权威例句

foster

foster: [OE] The etymological notion underlying foster is of ‘giving food’. Indeed, the Old English verb fōstrian meant ‘feed, nourish’, and it was not until the 13th century that secondary metaphorical senses, such as ‘rear a child’ and ‘encourage, cultivate’, began to emerge. It was a derivative of the Old English noun fōstor ‘food’, which in turn was formed from the same Germanic source, *fōth-, as produced English food.=> food

foster (v.)

Old English *fostrian "to supply with food, nourish, support," from fostor "food, nourishment, bringing up," from Proto-Germanic *fostra-, from extended form of PIE root *pa- "to protect; feed" (see food). Meaning "to bring up a child with parental care" is from c. 1200; that of "to encourage or help grow" is early 13c. of things; 1560s of feelings, ideas, etc. Old English also had the word as an adjective meaning "in the same family but not related," in fostorfæder, fostorcild, fostormodoretc. Related: Fostered; fostering.

1. Foster mother or foster father or fosterparent

养母或养父

-- 来源 -- law - 汉英

2. When put on the spot and asked which side he wanted to win on Saturday, Foster remained firmly perched

当来到现场与他访问后他说想赢得周六的比赛,Foster坚定的站在围栏旁回答.

-- 来源 -- 网友提供

3. Foster parents;foster grandparents;a foster home.

养父母；寄养的祖父母；寄养的家庭

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

4. Foster home

寄养家庭

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 汉英

5. foster parent; foster child; foster home; surrogate father.

养父母；养子女；抚养孤儿的家庭；继父。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

6. This is Sam Foster, Dr. Sam Foster.

我是萨姆·福斯特,萨姆·福斯特医生

-- 来源 -- 电影对白

7. Coordinate the Foster Care Program.

协调孩子寄养计划。挑选寄养家庭、孩子到寄养家庭、访寄养家庭。

-- 来源 --

8. foster earth

培养土

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

9. Coordinate the Foster Care Program.

协调孩子寄养计划。挑选寄养家庭、送孩子到寄养家庭、拜访寄养家庭。

-- 来源 -- 网友提供

10. foster children.

收养的孩子

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考