foster

柯林斯词典

1. ADJ 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. 收養的[ADJ n]
Little Jack was placed with foster parents. 小傑尅被安置在養父母家。
2. V-T If you foster a child, you take it into your family for a period of time, without becoming its legal parent. 收養
She has since gone on to find happiness by fostering more than 100 children. 她此後又通過收養一百多個孩子找到了快樂。
3. V-T To foster something such as an activity or idea means to help it to develop. 促進
He said that developed countries had a responsibility to foster global economic growth to help new democracies. 他說發達國家有一種促進全球經濟增長以幫助新興民主國家的責任。