foster
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) ['f?st?(r)'f?st?]
- 美式音標(biāo) [?fɑ?.st?]
- 國際音標(biāo) ['f?st?]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- v. 促進；撫育（他人子女一段時間）；收養(yǎng)；把（孩子）交托給養(yǎng)父母
- adj. 代養(yǎng)的，寄養(yǎng)的
- n. (Foster) 福斯特（人名）
詞源解說
- 直接源自古英語的fostrian，意為供給食物，養(yǎng)料等；最初源自原始日耳曼語的fostrom。
詞根記憶
- fost(看作fast，快速的) + er→受到鼓舞，快速前進→鼓勵
- fost(看作fast，快速的) + er→促進；培養(yǎng)
- fost(看做fast，快速的) + er→使變得更快速→鼓勵，促進，助長
- 這對老夫婦收養(yǎng)(foster)了一個被遺棄在森林(forest)里的孩子
- bolster(v.支持)
英漢例句
- Nowaday young couple sometimes foster.
現(xiàn)今年輕夫婦有時領(lǐng)養(yǎng)別人的孩子。 - We foster the young girl while her mother was in hospital.
小女孩的母親住院時我們照顧這個小女孩。
用作動詞 (v.)
用作不及物動詞: S+～(+A)
用作及物動詞: S+～+ n./pron.
詞組短語
- foster a child 收養(yǎng)孩子
- foster an attitude 滋長某種情緒
- foster an impression 加深印象
- foster an interest 培養(yǎng)興趣
- foster inflation 刺激通貨膨脹
- Stephen Foster 史蒂芬·福斯特;斯蒂芬·福斯特;福斯特;佛斯特
用作動詞 (v.)
～+名詞
短語
英英字典
- (TAKE CARE OF) to take care of a child, usually for a limited time, without being the child's legal parent
- (ENCOURAGE) to encourage the development or growth of ideas or feelings
- used to refer to someone or something connected with the care of children, usually for a limited time, by someone who is not the child's legal parent
- 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.
- If you foster a child, you take it into your family for a period of time, without becoming its legal parent.
- To foster something such as an activity or idea means to help it to develop.