| 词汇 | example_english_well-to-do-parent |
| 释义 | well-to-do parentscollocation in Englishmeanings of well-to-doand parentThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with parent. well-to-do adjective uk /ˌwel.təˈduː/ us /ˌwel.təˈduː/ rich: See more at well-to-do parent noun[C] uk /ˈpeə.rənt/ us /ˈper.ənt/ a mother or father of a person or an animal, or someone who looks after a person in the same way that a ... See more at parent Examples of well-to-do parentsThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. The well-to-doparent sends his children to a boarding school, and sees very little of them except during the holidays. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the well-to-do parents can take themselves out of this scheme, why not let them do so? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I find it quite unacceptable that a student who has quarrelled with his comparatively well-to-do parents should therefore be denied a university education. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not the system which well-to-do parents adopt. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The little girl was at a boarding school for the children of rather well-to-do parents, and she suddenly took to stealing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The big difference was that those places could, in those new circumstances, be made available only to children of well-to-do parents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To spend £2 million indiscriminately for parents, including well-to-do parents, in this way is something we should not consider. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does not the most effective way to get into a nursery school appear to be either to have problem parents or very well-to-do parents? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If more of these boys came of well-to-do parents we should probably find this change taking place before long, because these parents would protest very vigorously and very properly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is true that the majority of well-to-do parents send their children to boarding schools because they think that the best kind of education is available there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not in any sense an attempt to give extra grants to the children of well-to-do parents because they send their children to this country for their education. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is now common for the educated and the well-to-do parents to perform the marriages of their children in the formal way. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Almost all well-to-do parents send their kids to at least one school of art. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of well-to-do Go to the definition of parent See other collocations with parent |
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