| 释义 |
foster care
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈfɒs.tə ˌkeər/ us /ˈfɑː.stɚ ˌker/
the care of a child, usually for a limited time, by someone who is not the child's legal parent:
in foster careAfter their parents died, the children were placed in foster care.
Thousands of children are currently in the foster care system.
Social workers decided that he should live in foster care.
When their parents split up, the boys went into foster care.
She entered foster care when she was six because of her mother's drug addiction.
I was in foster care for two years before I was adopted.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Parenting & caring for children
adopt
adoptable
adopted
adoptee
adoption
caretaking
child-rearing
childless
childlessness
childmind
kinship carer
lawnmower parent
looked-after
milestone
mothering
snowploughing
stay-at-home
swaddle
unadoptable
unadopted
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Social services & sanitation
|