bring sb upADVERB➤badly, well教養得不好;教養得好◇children who have been well brought up教養良好的孩子
bring sb up
phrasal verb
bring sb up ♦︎ adopt ♦︎ raise ♦︎ rear ♦︎ foster ♦︎ be born and bredThese words all refer to how a child grows up and is cared for.這些詞均表示撫養、養育、培養。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to be brought up / raised / reared / born and bred in a place◆to be brought up / raised / reared / born and bred as sth◆to be brought up / raised / reared / born and bred (as) a Catholic / Protestant / Muslim / Jew, etc.◆to bring up / adopt / raise / rear / foster a child◆to bring up / adopt / raise / rear a daughter / son / family◆to bring up / adopt / raise / foster a baby◆to raise / rear young / animals / sheep / chickens / poultry■ˌbring sb ˈup
phrasal verb
[often passive] to care for a child, teaching him/her how to behave, until he/she is grown up撫養;養育;教養◆She brought up five children.她撫育了五個孩子。◆He was brought up by his aunt.他是由姨媽帶大的。◆What a well brought up child!多麽有教養的孩子!◆They were brought up(= taught as children) to respect authority.他們從小就被教導尊重權威。■adopt [intransitive, transitive] to take sb else's child into your family and become its legal parent(s)收養;領養◆He led a campaign to encourage childless couples to adopt.他領導了鼓勵無子女夫婦領養孩子的運動。◆She was forced to have her baby adopted.她被迫把嬰兒給人收養了。 see also take sb in ⇨ accommodate▸adoptionəˈdɒpʃn; NAmEəˈdɑːpʃn
noun
[uncountable, countable] ◆She put the baby up for adoption.她提出要讓人收養那個嬰兒。■raise [transitive, often passive] (especially NAmE) to care for a child or young animal until it is grown up養育(幼兒或幼獸);撫養;培養◆They were both raised in the South.他倆都是在南方長大的。◆These kids have been raised on a diet of hamburgers.這些孩子是吃漢堡包長大的。◆I was born and raised a city boy.我是個在都市裏出生長大的男孩子。 see also raise ⇨ keep4NOTE辨析 Bring sb up or raise?When it is used in British English to talk about caring for a child, raise is slightly more formal than bring sb up.在英式英語中,表示養育孩子時,raise較bring sb up略正式。■rearrɪə(r); NAmErɪr [transitive, often passive] (ratherformal) to care for young animals or children until they are grown up養育(幼獸或幼兒);撫養;培養◆She reared a family of five on her own.她一個人養活了五個孩子。◆Lions usually manage to rear about half the number of cubs born to them.獅子通常設法喂養大約半數自己所生的幼崽。 see also rear ⇨ keep4NOTE辨析 Raise or rear?Raise is more often used to talk about children; rear is more often used to talk about animals. * raise較常指養育孩子,rear較常指喂養動物。■foster [transitive, intransitive] (especially BrE) to take sb else's child into your family for a period of time, without becoming his or her legal parent(s)代養,撫育,照料(他人子女)◆They have fostered over 60 children during the past ten years.過去十年間他們撫育了60多個孩子。◆We couldn't adopt a child, so we decided to foster.我們不能領養孩子,所以決定代養一個。▸foster
adjective
[only before noun] ◆a foster mother / father / family / child / home代養母親/父親;代養的家庭/小孩;寄養家庭◆foster parents代養父母◆foster care寄養照管■be ˌborn and ˈbred
idiom
to have been born and to have grown up in a particular place with a particular background and education(在某地)出生長大;受過⋯熏陶◆He was born and bred in Boston.他生於波士頓,長於波士頓。◆I'm a Londoner, born and bred.我是個土生土長的倫敦人。