| 单词 | foster |
| 释义 | foster (fɒstəʳ , US fɔːst- ) Word forms: fosters , fostering , fostered 1. foster parent adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] 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. Little Jack was placed with foster parents. The foster mother was a wonderful, warm person. 2. verb If you foster a child, you take it into your family for a period of time, without becoming its legal parent. She has since gone on to find happiness by fostering more than 100 children. [VERB noun] Synonyms: bring up, raise, parent, nurse 3. verb To foster something such as an activity or idea means to help it to develop. Developed countries should foster global economic growth to help new democracies. [VERB noun] Its cash crisis has been fostered by declining property values. [VERB noun] Collocations: foster a relationship It has been great at creating a lifestyle brand and fostering a relationship with its customers by - shock, horror - giving them respect and inviting trust. Times,Sunday Times It just means that married couples have a lot to gain by fostering their relationships with family members and friends. Times, Sunday Times People find many different ways to foster their relationships in order to stimulate relational development. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After all these years, an almost telepathic understanding with her coach helps to foster a sense of purpose on routine days in the gym. Times, Sunday Times It has generous communal spaces to foster a sense of community. Times,Sunday Times Marching up and down wearing bowler hats and occasional knee-capping are enjoyable activities that help to foster a sense of community, and hence contentment. Times, Sunday Times Each block had a warden and shared kitchen areas to foster a sense of community. Times, Sunday Times Hopefully, the celebration next week and throughout this summer will help to foster a sense of common identity and belonging in fractured society. Times, Sunday Times Instead, foster a spirit that prepares people to welcome the person once he or she walks through the door. Christianity Today It aims to foster a spirit of unity and pride among colleagues by introducing what it describes as moments of happiness into the gloom of the working day. Times, Sunday Times They work enthusiastically and optimistically to foster the spirit of teamwork and commitment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They ennoble and embolden the pupils and foster the spirit of camaraderie. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The committees were formed from local groups, and intended to foster the spirit of community control and local political power. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Forced to withdraw the film under fire from medical professionals, he claimed he had simply tried to foster debate. Times, Sunday Times They can foster debate and influence industries. Times, Sunday Times The aim was to determine how much had changed in 40 years and foster debate on reconciliation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Since its founding in 1981, it has fostered debate, research and an openness to challenging traditional police practices. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Agricultural food production and water management are increasingly becoming global issues that are fostering debate on a number of fronts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To foster friendship among participants, teams were formed by athletes from different countries to compete on an intercontinental basis. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was formed in 1938 to promote the game of golf and foster friendship and camaraderie. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Management hope it will help to improve the bank's culture, and that colleagues who foster friendships with each other are more likely to stay loyal to the bank. Times, Sunday Times Insurance must be regulated, but the regulatory environment should foster growth in the industry, as well as protect customers from fraud and sharp practice. Times, Sunday Times They help combat nuclear proliferation and foster growth and stability. Times, Sunday Times He took the view that newspapers were expected to foster growth and improvement in the community as well as report the news. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Lines were frequently in advance of their potential traffic, so stations were often planted like seeds, quite literally in fields, to foster growth. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are different techniques for each type of cell, some only recently being found to foster growth in stem and nerve cells. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They have excellent education, are economically liberal and foster innovation and trade. Times, Sunday Times Additionally, in providing the opportunity to meet others and build a diverse community, the facilities render a safe environment to foster innovation and promote development. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their key objectives are to identify technology needs, foster innovation and facilitate the development and implementation of new technologies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These relationships and commercialisation projects provide a great potential to foster innovation, leading to a need to pay particular attention to the management of technology commercialisation processes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They have improved choice and opportunity and fostered innovation. Times, Sunday Times Will it be a benign commercial project that will help to increase trade, raise living standards and foster peace in some of the world's poorest countries? Times, Sunday Times In addition, he surmised that economic cooperation between the two nations would help foster peace in the region. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This involves a significant financial contribution along with other in-kind support in order to foster peace with justice. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This initiative, created on her 100th birthday, launched 100 prizes of $10,000 each to student projects submitted on a competitive basis and built on tangible, local community means to foster peace. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If we fixate on that denouement, the harbingers of doom seem obvious, while trends that fostered peace and stability dissolve into insignificance. Times, Sunday Times They always move me to another foster placement. The Sun A foster placement costs about 30,000 a year. Times, Sunday Times They are in the same foster placement and need to stay together. The Sun Contact with her son would be reviewed and would depend on her 'promotion' of his foster placement. Times, Sunday Times A foster placement costs about £33,600 a year and a place in a local authority care home costs more than £200,000 a year, before schooling and therapeutic costs, according to the charity. Times,Sunday Times A them-and-us scenario can only foster resentment and distrust. Times, Sunday Times We are told that our divided polity has fostered resentment between old and young. Times, Sunday Times It fostered resentment among senior players. Times, Sunday Times Educating both parties in the reasons behind these boundaries would also help foster trust and cooperation between them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This helps foster trust from consumers buying products or financial services. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Just being out of the workplace can uncover a lot and also fosters trust. Times, Sunday Times They believe that it fosters trust, helps build value based communities and brings people closer to the land and the farm. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I assumed that it could not help but foster understanding. Times,Sunday Times They brought a variety of experiences, perspectives, ideas, beliefs and values in an effort to foster understanding, wisdom, knowledge and strength. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They facilitate mutual exchange and seek to foster understanding between diverse peoples, communities and faiths. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Our governments are not capable of fostering understanding between peoples. Times, Sunday Times In the past, he has made strategic interventions to bang heads together and foster unity among enemies. Times, Sunday Times But at least so far, it has provided a teachable moment and a chance to foster unity, even around a difficult topic. Christianity Today For a potentially disparate group of people - such as outsourcing staff working for different clients in different locations - it offers a good way to foster unity. Times, Sunday Times The manager was hoping the cards would help foster unity and team spirit. The Sun This has prompted them to forge solidities, associations and clubs to foster unity, brotherhood and goals to bridge and maintain connectivity to their motherland. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 养育 Japanese: 養育する |
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