parent
英 [ˈpeərənt]
美 [ˈperənt]
n. 父亲(或母亲); (动、植物的)亲本,亲代,父本,母本; 创始机构; 母公司; 总部
复数:parents
Oxford 3000 / Collins.5 / BNC.494 / COCA.327
牛津词典
noun
- 父亲(或母亲)
a person's father or mother- He's still living with his parents.
他还和父母住在一起。 - her adoptive parents
她的养父母 - Sue and Ben have recently become parents.
苏和本最近当了爸爸妈妈了。
- He's still living with his parents.
- (动、植物的)亲本,亲代,父本,母本
an animal or a plant which produces other animals or plants- the parent bird/tree
亲代鸟 / 树
- the parent bird/tree
- 创始机构;母公司;总部
an organization that produces and owns or controls smaller organizations of the same type- a parent bank and its subsidiaries
总行及其附属银行 - the parent company
母公司
- a parent bank and its subsidiaries
柯林斯词典
- See also:Children need their parents...This is where a lot of parents go wrong...When you become a parent the things you once cared about seem to have less value.foster parentone-parent familysingle parent
- ADJ 创始的;母公司的;总公司的
An organization'sparentorganization is the organization that created it and usually still controls it.- Each unit including the parent company has its own, local management.
包括母公司在内,每个单位都有自己的地方管理层。 - ...the zoo's parent body, the Zoological Society of London.
该动物园的创始组织,伦敦动物学会
- Each unit including the parent company has its own, local management.
- ADJ (动物、植物或有机体)亲本的,亲代的
Theparentanimal, plant, or organism of a particular animal, plant or organism is the one that it comes from or is produced by.- Parent birds began to hunt for food for their young.
亲鸟开始为幼鸟寻找食物。
- Parent birds began to hunt for food for their young.
英英释义
noun
- an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained
- a father or mother
verb
双语例句
- Sometimes a teacher will be listened to, where a parent might not.
有时教师的话会听,而父母的话可能就不听。 - He lives on a single parent's allowance of £ 70 a week
他靠每周70英镑的单亲家庭生活补助过日子。 - A very clingy child can drive a parent to distraction.
依赖性太强的孩子会逼得父母心烦意乱。 - I was bringing up my three children as a single parent.
作为单身母亲,我独自抚养我的3个孩子。 - Talk to other franchise holders and ask them what they think of the parent company.
和其他特许经营者谈一谈,问问他们对母公司是什么看法。 - Learning how to become a parent takes time. It's a skill you learn as you go along.
学会如何为人父母需要时间,这种技能只能边经历边学习。 - Children universally prefer to live in peace and security, even if that means living with only one parent
孩子们普遍愿意过平静安宁的生活,即便这意味着只能与单亲生活在一起。 - A happy parent makes for a happy child.
有快乐的父母,才会有快乐的孩子。 - To be a parent is a terribly difficult thing
为人父母真难啊。 - The overworked, overextended parent may be seen as unloving, but may simply be exhausted.
工作压身、精力上捉襟见肘的家长可能会被视作对孩子缺乏关爱,但他们也许只是太疲惫了。