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

• This not only fosters greater innovation but more creativity.
  这不仅有希望实现更大的创新，而且会提高创造力。
• A company that fosters a healthy corporate culture will also have people who love their job.
  一个培养健康企业文化的公司也将具有爱岗敬业的人。
• In business, competition fosters innovation.
  在业务方面，竞争可以促进创新。
• 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。
• 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 topology fosters enterprisewide commonality of service definitions.
  这种拓扑形成了企业范围公共的服务定义。
• The lack of understanding fosters feelings of hatred between the two nations.
  缺乏了解助长两国之间的仇意。
• The close relationship between students and faculty serves to motivate students and fosters a personal approach to the curriculum.
  师生间的亲密关系能够激发学生学习课程的积极性，保证对每一位学生都有个性化的学习方法。
• 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。
• This fosters a creative research community.
  这培育了一个创造性的科研界。