寄养父母：一位临时担任孩子的父母角色的人，这个孩子可能因为失去父母的照顾或被移出父母的照顾而需要临时照顾。这个人不是孩子的亲生父母，通常是经过政府或社会服务机构培训和批准的。
a person who acts as parent and guardian for a child in place of the child's natural parents but without legally adopting the child
同义词： foster-parent
年逾八旬的老母亲王某最终保护了自己的合法权益，三个儿子在法官的教育下，也知道了赡 养父母 ( foster parent )是自己的法定义务。
养父母
In the world of animals in nature, the young may not be so lucky or easy to find a foster parent if their parents die or lose the ability to raise them.
在大自然的动物世界中，如果幼崽的父母死亡或失去了抚养的能力，幼崽们可能不会那么幸运或轻易地找到养父母。
It might be possible for a single woman to be accepted as a foster parent.
有可能接受单身女子做养母。
Today's families may include both the biological mother and father or a single parent or guardian, grandparents or other extended family, same-gender parents, or foster parents.
今天的家庭可能包括亲生父母，或者是单亲或监护人，以及祖父母或其他延伸的家庭成员，甚至是同性父母或者养父母。
Mr. Monsegur, who was unemployed at the time, is a foster parent to two nieces.
Mary Keane, who is openly gay and has fostered more than 12 children, six of whom she legally adopted, said she had long considered becoming a foster parent but wasn't sure if she would face discrimination.
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"Orphans usually can't get good jobs and can't marry well, " says Park Young Sook, who recently launched the country's first foster-parent association.