fosters

英 [ˈfɒstəz]

美 [ˈfɑːstərz]

v.  促进; 助长; 培养; 鼓励; 代养，抚育，照料(他人子女一段时间)
foster的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 寄养的;代养的
  Fosterparents 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 theirfosterchild.
  1. Little Jack was placed with foster parents...
     小杰克和养父母住在一起。
  2. The foster mother was a wonderful, warm person.
     寄养母是一个很不错的热心人。
• VERB 寄养;代养
  If youfostera child, you take it into your family for a period of time, without becoming its legal parent.
  1. She has since gone on to find happiness by fostering more than 100 children.
     从那以后她代养了 100 多个孩子，并从中得到快乐。
• VERB 促进;鼓励;培养
  Tofostersomething such as an activity or idea means to help it to develop.
  1. He said that developed countries had a responsibility to foster global economic growth to help new democracies...
     他说，发达国家有责任促进全球经济增长，以帮助新兴民主国家。
  2. Its cash crisis has been fostered by declining property values.
     地产贬值引发了现金危机。

双语例句

• Tourism fosters interest in other countries.
  旅游有助于提高对其它国家的兴趣。
• In business, competition fosters innovation.
  在业务方面，竞争可以促进创新。
• Fosters a critical awareness of how images in our culture are produced and constructed.
  培养对影像如何在我们的文化中被制造和建立的批判意识。
• Snapchat is great because of the creativity it fosters.
  Snapchat之所以很出色是因为它激发了人们的创造力。
• Combining his interest with daily activities fosters more inspired and innovative solutions.
  将他的兴趣与日常活动相结合可以孕育更有灵感且更创新的解决方案。
• This increases transparency, collateral thinking and fosters an area of innovation.
  这可以增加透明度、附属思想，并鼓励在某一领域创新。
• The functional part of stupidity lubricates the work process and fosters greater certainty and a happier atmosphere.
  愚蠢的功能性润滑了工作流程，有助于营造更大的确定性，并让工作氛围更为融洽。
• It will have a governance structure that provides legitimacy and fosters trust and confidence.
  它的治理架构应该能支撑其合法性，并增进信任和信心。
• Communities: Creates common areas of collaboration and fosters innovation through a set of people interested in common objectives.
  Communities：创建协作的公共区域，鼓励对共同目标感兴趣的一组人员进行创新。
• Zinc has an antibacterial and antiviral effect in the body and fosters immunity.
  在机体中，锌具有抗菌和抗病毒效果，并促进免疫。