音标:['fɒstә] ; 柯林斯词典等级:2 级;
a. 收养的, 养育的
vt. 养育, 抚育, 培养, 鼓励, 抱(希望)
n. United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864)
v. promote the growth of
v. bring up under fosterage; of children
v. help develop, help grow
词型变化:过去分词 : fostered ; 现在分词 : fostering ; 过去式 : fostered ; 第三人称单数 : fosters ; 名词复数形式 : fosters
考试类型:[六级/考研/托福/IELTS/GRE]
词性分布:
动词55%
形容词45%

foster的用法和样例:

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。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)
  1. Nowaday young couple sometimes foster.现今年轻夫妇有时领养别人的孩子。
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. We foster the young girl while her mother was in hospital.小女孩的母亲住院时我们照顾这个小女孩。
  2. The captain did his best to foster a sense of unity among the new recruits.队长尽力培养新成员之间的团结精神。
  3. Ignorance fosters superstition.无知助长迷信。

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

经典引文

  • My idea of happiness was to have a family...Even an adoptive or foster family would have sufficed.

    出自:M. Forster
  • One bred of alms and foster'd with cold dishes.

    出自:Cymbeline,Shakespeare
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