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provide childcare (for sb)
provide childcare 是常见搭配，childcare 在此指服务，通常不可数。
The company provides childcare for its employees' children.
该公司为员工的子女提供儿童保育服务。
儿童照管；儿童保育
childcares — plural of childcare
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
儿童照管；儿童保育
the service or activity of caring for other people's children
The company provides childcare for its employees' children.
该公司为员工的子女提供儿童保育服务。
监督和照顾幼儿的行为、实践或职业
The act, practice, or occupation of supervising and taking care of young children.
照料他人儿童的服务
a service involving care for other people's children
幼儿在离开父母或监护人期间被照看的地方
A place where young children are supervised while away from their parents or guardians.
Many working parents need affordable childcare near their office.
许多在职父母需要办公室附近负担得起的儿童照管服务。
The company provides free childcare for employees who work late shifts.
公司为值晚班的员工提供免费的儿童照管服务。
She quit her job because the cost of full-time childcare was too high.
她辞了工作，因为全职儿童保育的费用太高了。
provide childcare 是常见搭配，childcare 在此指服务，通常不可数。
The company provides childcare for its employees' children.
该公司为员工的子女提供儿童保育服务。
childcare 可作定语修饰名词，如 childcare centre（儿童保育中心）、childcare costs（儿童保育费用）。
More childcare facilities are needed in this area.
这个地区需要更多的儿童保育设施。
介词 for 后接需要照看的人或年龄段，如 childcare for toddlers（幼儿保育）。
She is looking for childcare for her twins.
她正在为她的双胞胎寻找儿童保育服务。
Not this
I need to find a childcare for my daughter.
Use this
I need to find childcare for my daughter.
childcare 是不可数名词，前面不能加 a；去掉 a 后表示“为女儿找儿童保育服务”，符合英语搭配。
Not this
I childcare my son while my wife works.
Use this
I take care of my son while my wife works.
childcare 是名词，不是动词；要表达“照看孩子”应使用动词短语 take care of / look after，因此不能用 childcare 作谓语。
Not this
She works as a childcare.
Use this
She works in childcare.
childcare 是不可数名词，指“保育工作/服务”，不能与 as a 搭配；表示“从事保育工作”要说 work in childcare，若指职业可说 She works as a childcare worker。
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儿童保育服务提供者
She works as a childcare provider in a local nursery.
她在一家本地托儿所担任儿童保育员。
儿童保育费用
Childcare costs have risen sharply in recent years.
近年来儿童保育费用急剧上涨。
儿童保育设施
The company offers on-site childcare facilities for employees.
公司为员工提供现场儿童保育设施。
儿童保育安排
Parents need to make childcare arrangements before going back to work.
父母在重返工作前需要做好儿童保育安排。
儿童保育中心
The new childcare center accepts children from six months old.
新的儿童保育中心接收六个月以上的儿童。
儿童保育服务
The government provides childcare services for low-income families.
政府为低收入家庭提供儿童保育服务。
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把 child（孩子）和 care（照看）拼在一起，就是照看孩子的服务——儿童保育。
语域：neutral 常见场景：workplace policy、childcare service information、everyday parenting talk childcare 通常指由他人提供的儿童照管或保育服务，多用于职场福利、育儿机构说明和日常育儿交谈等场合；语气中性偏正式，日常生活中也比较常见。
这些词都以 /kɛr/ 音结尾，与 childcare 末尾的 -care 同音：care, share, dare, fare, wear, hair。注意 childcare 的主重音在 child- 上，-care 为次重音，切勿读成 /ˌtʃaɪldˈkɛr/。另注意 career /kəˈrɪr/ 拼写相近但发音完全不同，不要混淆。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.