形容词

及物动词

1. 寄养的;代养的
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.

2. 寄养;代养
If you foster a child, you take it into your family for a period of time, without becoming its legal parent.

3. 促进;鼓励;培养
To foster something such as an activity or idea means to help it to develop.

1. help develop, help grow

e.g. nurture his talents

Synonym: nurture

2. bring up under fosterage
of children

3. promote the growth of

e.g. Foster our children's well-being and education

Synonym: further