例句
英語四級真題
For others, the web fosters trust
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柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
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ADJ
寄養的;代養的
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.
例句
Little Jack was placed with foster parents...
小杰克和養父母住在一起。
The foster mother was a wonderful, warm person.
寄養母是一個很不錯的熱心人。
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VERB
寄養;代養
If you foster a child, you take it into your family for a period of time, without becoming its legal parent.
例句
She has since gone on to find happiness by fostering more than 100 children.
從那以后她代養了 100 多個孩子，并從中得到快樂。
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VERB
促進;鼓勵;培養
To foster something such as an activity or idea means to help it to develop.
例句
He said that developed countries had a responsibility to foster global economic growth to help new democracies...
他說，發達國家有責任促進全球經濟增長，以幫助新興民主國家。
Its cash crisis has been fostered by declining property values.
地產貶值引發了現金危機。