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

• 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。
• 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。
• Combining his interest with daily activities fosters more inspired and innovative solutions.
  将他的兴趣与日常活动相结合可以孕育更有灵感且更创新的解决方案。
• This increases transparency, collateral thinking and fosters an area of innovation.
  这可以增加透明度、附属思想，并鼓励在某一领域创新。
• 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。
• 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。
• The president called foreign aid a handout that fosters dependence on wealthy nations.
  总统认为外援是不劳而获之财，会助长本国对富国的依赖性。
• 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。