foster
v
1 [Tn] help the growth or development of (sth); encourage or promote 培养, 培育(某物); 鼓励; 促进
foster an interest, attitude, impression, etc 培养兴趣、 滋长某种情绪、 加深印象
foster the growth of local industries 扶植地方工业.
2 [I, Tn] take care of and bring up (a child that is not legally one's own) 照顾, 抚养(法律上不属於自己的孩子); 领养; 收养
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). Cf 参看 adopt 1.
The skins were used for making tents and water containers.
还可以用野牛皮制作帐蓬和装水的容器。
Offices cannot work properly without certain important pieces of equipment.
如果办公室没有配备一些重要的设备,人们就不能很好地工作。
I have got some wonderful news to tell you. I have been offered a scholarship at a university in Australia for my further education. One hundred and twenty-five students took exams for it, and I was one of the five to be chosen. However, my parents are tr