育てる
解説 Definition
fostering は foster「育てる・促進する」の現在分詞・動名詞です。人材や能力、信頼、関係などに働きかけ、その成長や発展を助けることを表します。
Actively encouraging the gradual growth or development of a person, quality, relationship, or favorable condition. It is the present participle or gerund of foster, commonly used in phrases such as “fostering trust” or “fostering creativity.”
使い方 Usage
- be fostering + 対象で「〜を育てている」。young leaders、trust、creativity などを目的語に取ります。 Use be fostering followed by an object for ongoing support of development. Objects include young leaders, trust, and creativity.
- focus on fostering trust や a program for fostering creativity では、動名詞として前置詞の後に置きます。 Use fostering as a gerund after a preposition, as in focus on fostering trust or a program for fostering creativity.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
foster にそのまま -ing を加えて fostering。信頼や創造性が育つように、継続して良い条件を整える場面を思い浮かべましょう。
Add -ing directly to foster, without dropping or doubling a letter. Picture someone continually providing conditions in which trust or creativity can grow.
例文
The club is fostering young leaders.
そのクラブは若いリーダーを育てています。
Her work focuses on fostering trust in the team.
彼女の仕事はチーム内の信頼を育てることに重点を置いています。
The school created a program for fostering students' creativity.
その学校は生徒の創造性を育てるためのプログラムを作りました。
fostering の類義語・関連語
fostering の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 fōstrian（養う・育てる）から。語根 fōster は fōda（食べ物）と同根で、「食べ物を与えて育てる」が原義。関連語: food（食べ物）、foster parent（里親）。栄養を与える行為が養育全般へと意味が広がった。
Fostering is the -ing form of foster. The verb comes from Old English fōstrian, “to nourish or bring up,” based on fōstor, meaning nourishment or upbringing. This Germanic word is historically related to food. The original image of sustaining a child with nourishment broadened to caring for people generally and then to encouraging the development of qualities, relationships, ideas, and social conditions.
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