foster

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. 收养的[ADJ n]

Little Jack was placed with foster parents. 小杰克被安置在养父母家。

2. V-T If you foster a child, you take it into your family for a period of time, without becoming its legal parent. 收养

She has since gone on to find happiness by fostering more than 100 children. 她此后又通过收养一百多个孩子找到了快乐。

3. V-T To foster something such as an activity or idea means to help it to develop. 促进

He said that developed countries had a responsibility to foster global economic growth to help new democracies. 他说发达国家有一种促进全球经济增长以帮助新兴民主国家的责任。