family
noun /ˈfæməli/
/ˈfæməli/
(plural families)
Idioms 家,家庭(包括父母子女) - I introduced Neil to the other members of my family.
我把尼尔介绍给了我家的其他成员。 - The event promises games and fun for the entire family.
该活动承诺为整个家庭提供游戏和乐趣。 - This is a summer movie for the whole family.
这是一部适合全家人的夏季电影。 - Every family has its own story to tell.
每个家庭都有自己的故事要讲。 - All my family enjoy skiing.
我们全家都喜欢滑雪。 - one-parent/single-parent families
单亲家庭 - a family of four/five, etc Taking a family of four to the cinema is expensive.
带四口之家去看电影很贵。 - families with young children
有小孩的家庭 - He's a friend of the family (= he is known and liked by the parents and the children).
他是这一家人的朋友。 - From early childhood he was a mystery to the rest of his family.
从小到大,他对他的家人来说都是个谜。 - He barely earns enough money to pay his rent and feed his family.
他挣的钱只够付房租和养家糊口。 - She works tirelessly to provide for her family.
她孜孜不倦地工作以养家糊口。
Wordfinder- adopt
- child
- family
- generation
- heir
- in-laws
- parent
- relation
- stepfamily
- surrogate mother
Topics Family and relationshipsa1, Life stagesa1- They help find emotionally damaged children placements with adoptive families.
他们帮助感情受到伤害的孩子找到领养他们的家庭。 - It is difficult for them to earn enough to feed their families.
对他们而言,很难挣到足够的钱养孩子。 - issues which create conflict within the family
导致家庭内部矛盾的问题 - tax incentives for low-income families
对低收入家庭的减税优惠 - Many of our students come from poor families.
我们的很多学生来自贫困家庭。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- large
- entire
- …
- belong to
- be one of
- be part of
- …
- background
- history
- tradition
- …
- in a/the family
- within a/the family
- family and friends
- a member of a family
- I introduced Neil to the other members of my family.
(大)家庭(包括父母子女及近亲);亲属 - All our family came to Grandad's eightieth birthday party.
我们所有亲属都来参加了祖父的八十寿宴。 - The support of family and friends is vital.
亲友的支持极为重要。 - We've only told the immediate family (= the closest relations).
我们只告诉了直系亲属。 - the royal family (= the children and close relations of the king or queen)
王室 - I always think of you as one of the family.
我一直把你当成自家人。 - in a family There are a lot of girls in our family.
我们家有很多女孩。 - outside a family Nobody outside his family knew that he had a daughter.
他家以外没有人知道他有一个女儿。 - We all knew her so well that we felt she was almost part of the family.
我们和她很熟识,觉得她几乎就是我们家的一员。 - (informal) She's family (= she is a relation).
她是我们家的人。 - We have family in France.
我们在法国有家人。
Topics Family and relationshipsa1- We are a very close-knit family and support each other through any crises.
我们家非常团结,互相扶持渡过种种危机。 - a helpline set up to counsel bereaved families
为丧亲家庭提供咨询的帮助热线 - a counselling agency to help bereaved families
帮助丧亲家庭的辅导机构 - These problems occur in all families.
所有家庭都有这些问题。 - She grew up in a military family.
她在一个军人家庭中长大。 - She married into a wealthy family.
她嫁入豪门。 - The movie is a portrait of a dysfunctional family.
这部影片讲述了一个不健全家庭的故事。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- large
- entire
- …
- belong to
- be one of
- be part of
- …
- background
- history
- tradition
- …
- in a/the family
- within a/the family
- family and friends
- a member of a family
- All our family came to Grandad's eightieth birthday party.
家族 - Some families have farmed in this area for hundreds of years.
有些家族在这个地区务农有几百年了。 - This painting has been in our family for generations.
这幅画是我们家的传家宝。 - He belonged to an aristocratic family.
他出身贵族。 - She has Muslim heritage on her father's side of the family.
她父亲一方有穆斯林血统。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- large
- entire
- …
- belong to
- be one of
- be part of
- …
- background
- history
- tradition
- …
- in a/the family
- within a/the family
- family and friends
- a member of a family
- Some families have farmed in this area for hundreds of years.
子女;(尤指)年幼子女 - They have a large family.
他们的子女成群。 - I addressed it to Mr and Mrs Jones and family.
我以此致琼斯伉俪及子女。 - Do they plan to start a family (= have children)?
他们打算生孩子吗? - This is a wonderful place to raise a family.
这里是安家的理想之地。 - She brought up a family of six children on her own.
她独自抚养了一个有六个孩子的家庭。 - She chose to stop work to have a family.
她选择停止工作来组建家庭。
Collocations ChildrenChildren Having a baby/child孩子 怀孕 - want a baby/a child/kids
想要孩子 - start a family
生孩子 - conceive/be expecting/be going to have a baby/child
怀孕 - miss your period
月经未按期来 - become/get/be/find out that you are pregnant
怀孕了;发现怀孕了 - have a baby/a child/kids/a son/a daughter/twins/a family
有一个宝宝/一个孩子/孩子/一个儿子/一个女儿/一对双胞胎/孩子 - have a normal/a difficult/an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/a difficult/a home birth
正常/历经艰难/意外怀孕;顺产;难产;在家中分娩 - be in/go into/induce labour (especially US English) labor
分娩;催产 - have/suffer/cause a miscarriage
流产;引起流产 - give birth to a child/baby/daughter/son/twins
生了一个孩子/一个宝宝/一个女儿/一个儿子/一对双胞胎
养育;抚养;教养 - bring up/ (especially North American English) raise a child/family
抚养孩子 - care for/ (especially British English) look after a baby/child/kid
照顾小孩 - change (British English) a nappy/(North American English) a diaper/a baby
换尿布;给婴儿换尿布 - feed/breastfeed/bottle-feed a baby
喂孩子;给孩子哺乳;用奶瓶喂养孩子 - be entitled to/go on maternity/paternity leave
有权利休/正在休产假/陪产假 - go back/return to work after maternity leave
产假后回到工作岗位 - need/find/get a babysitter/good quality affordable childcare
需要/找到一个临时保姆/负担得起的高质量儿童保育 - balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family life
平衡/兼顾工作与照顾小孩/抚养小孩/家庭生活 - educate/teach/home-school a child/kid
教育孩子;给孩子家庭教育 - punish/discipline/spoil a child/kid
惩罚/管教/娇惯孩子 - adopt a baby/child/kid
收养小孩 - offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption
把小孩给人收养 - (especially British English) foster a child/kid
代养小孩 - be placed with/be raised by foster parents
被交给寄养父母;由寄养父母抚养
- They got married last year and plan to start a family soon.
他们去年结了婚,而且计划马上要孩子。 - Average family size has decreased since the Victorian era.
自从维多利亚时代以来,家庭平均人口已经减少。 - parents with young families
子女尚幼的父母 - I always wanted to have a large family.
我一直希望儿女成群。 - It's a struggle to bring up a family on a low income.
用微薄的收入抚养孩子很艰难。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- small
- young
- …
- have
- start
- bring up
- …
- size
- man
- They have a large family.
家族: 将具有相似特征的动植物等分为一组,小于一个等级,大于一个属- Lions belong to the cat family.
狮属于猫科。 - This bird is a member of the crow family.
这只鸟是乌鸦家族的一员。 - family of something Orchids are the largest family of flowering plants.
兰花是开花植物中最大的一科。
- Lions belong to the cat family.
- a group of related languages
(动植物)科;(尤指语言)语族 - the Germanic family of languages
日耳曼语族
- the Germanic family of languages
词源late Middle English (in sense (3); also denoting the servants of a household or the retinue of a nobleman): from Latin familia ‘household servants, family’, from famulus ‘servant’.
Idioms
(be/get) in the family way
- (old-fashioned, informal) (to be/become) pregnant
怀孕;有喜
run in the family
- to be a common feature in a particular family
为一家人所共有;世代相传 - Heart disease runs in the family.
这家人都有心脏病。 - a medical condition which runs in the family
家族遗传的疾病
- Heart disease runs in the family.