1. | [t] ~ sth 促进;助长;培养;鼓励to encourage sth to develop |
The club's aim is to foster better relations within the community. 俱乐部的宗旨是促进团体内部的关系。 |
2. | [t][i] ~ (sb) 代养,抚育,照料(他人子女一段时间)to take another person's child into your home for a period of time, without becoming his or her legal parents |
They have fostered over 60 children during the past ten years. 在过去十年间,他们抚育了 60 多个儿童。 | |
We couldn't adopt a child, so we decided to foster. 我们不能领养孩子,所以决定代养一个。 |