foster
英 [ˈfɒstə(r)] 美 [ˈfɔstə(r)]

• 中文拼写：福斯特
• 名字含义：森林居民
• 名字来源：古英语
• 名字类别：男

• Stephen Collins Foster 斯蒂芬•科林斯•福斯特：
  （1826～1864），十九世纪的美国歌曲作家，被誉为“美国音乐之父”。
• Jodie Foster 茱迪•福斯特：
  （1962～），美国女演员，电影导演和制作人，出演了《出租汽车司机》、《沉默的羔羊》等影片。

变形

过去式：fostered过去分词：fostered现在分词：fostering第三人称单数：fosters

双语释义

v.(动词)

1. vt. 培养,促进 help the growth or development
2. vt. & vi. 收养,养育 take care or bring up a child that is not legally one's own

英英释义

foster[ 'fɔstə ]

• n.United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864)

  同义词：Stephen FosterStephen Collins Foster

• v.
  • promote the growth of

    同义词：further

  • bring up under fosterage; of children
  • help develop, help grow

    同义词：nurture

• adj.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

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

• foster a child收养孩子
• foster an attitude滋长某种情绪
• foster an impression加深印象
• foster an interest培养兴趣
• foster inflation刺激通货膨胀

词组短语

foster care看护；照顾

foster home寄养家庭；抚养孤儿的家庭

foster father养父

foster son n. 养子

jodie foster n. 朱迪·福斯特（美国女演员）

同近义词辨析

cherish, nurse, cultivate, foster, tend

这组词都有“照料、培育”的意思，其区别是：

cherish强调抚育或爱抚。

nurse通常指对无力自顾的婴儿、病人等进行照料或护理。

cultivate具体意义指耕耘、培育植物；抽象意义指培养兴趣或向往的理想事物。

foster指对孩子的关心、鼓励、供养及抚养其成长；也指鼓励、促进事物的增长与发展。

tend指出于责任心、博爱心而不是私人感情去对人或物进行照顾。

双语例句

用作及物动词(vt.)

1. People who cannot have a baby of their own sometimes foster (a child).
   不能生育的人有时领养别人的(孩子).
2. It is very important to foster an interest.
   培养一种兴趣是十分重要的。
3. The mother tried to foster her son's interest in music.
   母亲设法培养儿子对音乐的兴趣。
4. Ignorance fosters superstition.
   无知助长迷信。
5. Foster students'use of various thinking strategies.
   鼓励学生采用不同思维方式的策略。
6. We should foster capital investment in areas needing development.
   我们应鼓励在需要发展的地区投资。
7. I know that she fosters a secret hope.
   我知道她抱着秘密的希望。

用作形容词(adj.)

1. The foster children also deserve love and care.
   收养的孩子也应该得到关爱。

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