英 [ˈfɒstə(r)] 美 [ˈfɑːstər]
v. 促进，培养；领养，收养
adj. 代养的，寄养的
【名】 （Foster） 福斯特（人名）
foster /ˈfɒstə/ CET6 TEM4 [ fostering fostered fosters ]
形容词 Foster parents 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 their foster child. 收养的
Little Jack was placed with foster parents.
小杰克被安置在养父母家。
及物动词 If you foster a child, you take it into your family for a period of time, without becoming its legal parent. 收养
She has since gone on to find happiness by fostering more than 100 children.
她此后又通过收养一百多个孩子找到了快乐。
及物动词 To foster something such as an activity or idea means to help it to develop. 促进
He said that developed countries had a responsibility to foster global economic growth to help new democracies.
他说发达国家有一种促进全球经济增长以帮助新兴民主国家的责任。
United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864)
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
索尼(Thorny)、拉比特(Rabbit)、马克(Mac)和福斯特(Foster)是几个驻扎再邻近加拿大边境地区的佛蒙特州巡警。他们每天的大部分时间就是再高速公路上作弄那些超速驾驶者，并用扣留下的.
... offend：触怒；得罪；使反感 foster：养育，培养，收养的 explicit：明确的，详述的，明晰的 ...
大学英语教学中学生信息素养培养的探索-英语教学论文--中华励志网 关键词］ 英语教学；信息素养；培养 [gap=682]Key words: English teaching; information literacy;foster
英国人应该会很嫉妒,詹姆斯一把年纪了还能入选国家队,在看看 佛斯特(Foster)这个被英国专家,媒体炒为未来英格兰国家队一号的曼联天才的“天才”表现,应该相信人种和民族是有自己独特的个性的,有些就是特.
fosterage 寄养；养育；助长
Mr. Foster romped home with 141 votes.
福斯特先生以141票轻松获胜。
The children were placed with foster parents.
这些小孩已安顿好，交给寄养父母了。
We couldn't adopt a child, so we decided to foster.
我们不能领养孩子，所以决定代养一个。
Foster and Partners is also to build one of several buildings that will make up the new World Trade Center area in New York.
VOA : special.2011.04.13
That's why many of them are thinking really very hard of how to foster entrepreneurship, how to encourage innovation.
这就是为什么大家都在思索,如何才能培养企业家精神，如何鼓励创新。
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whick like, kind of foster an interaction between students into like a really friendly environment.
就像，某种能够培养学生之间互动作用的真正友好的环境。
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He was tried and found guilty of the murder of his girlfriend Laura Foster.
VOA : special.2011.06.27
They are Frank Gehry,Tadao Ando, Zaha Hadid,Rem Koolhaas,Norman Foster and Eduardo Souta de Moura.
VOA : special.2011.04.13
He will act to foster links between scholars in the region with related research interests.
UNESCO: Chair in Inter-religious Understanding and Relations for Victoria University - UNESCO
Beyond the domain we also strive to provide support to our companies to foster success.
This, in turn, will foster innovation and growth in a host of new industries.