| 词汇 | helicopter-parent |
| 释义 | helicopter parent noun[ C ] uk /ˌhel.ɪˌkɒp.tə ˈpeə.rənt/ us /ˌhel.ɪˌkɑːp.tɚ ˈper.ənt/ informaldisapproving a parent who is closely involved with their child's life and tries to control it too much, especially their child's education（对子女教育控制太多的）直升机家长 People in charge of or controlling other people acephalous administrator anti-management authority bureaucrat controller council counter-power dean deputy mistress movers and shakers multi-headed officer officialdom tsar vice presidency vice president vicegerency vicegerent Examples of helicopter parenthelicopter parent In this regard, it's worth noting that the terms "helicopterparent" and "overparenting" only entered general usage in the past decade or so. From The Atlantic You don't have to be a helicopterparent to see the value in keeping children out of the middle of the road. From TechCrunch The helicopterparent is that parent who is over-involved in his/her children's lives. From Huffington Post Nobody wants to be called a helicopterparent -- but who is totally innocent of micromanaging their children's lives? From The Atlantic I'm no helicopterparent, nor one who ever feared an "empty nest" syndrome; my own life is full. From NPR If you are not that materialistic, you can't be a helicopterparent. From Slate Magazine You are not a helicopterparent if your kid is not in a zillion extracurriculars. From Slate Magazine This overjustification effect is the bane of helicopter parents everywhere. From Slate Magazine However, what these so-called helicopter parents might not realize is that their hovering ways can undermine their child's advancement, instead of making them soar. From CNN Today's hyperventilating "helicopter parents" are comic fish in a barrel. From The Atlantic I can hear the helicopter parents taking off now. From Dallas Morning News Psychologists warn us that children of helicopter parents lack confidence in themselves. From Huffington Post Many students, however, won't admit to having so-called helicopter parents and say their parents are simply concerned about what's going on in their lives. From NPR Would someone who had helicopter parents (and he didn't) have given up? From Chicago Tribune Today's helicopter parents simply don't give their children enough credit. From Huffington Post 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. |
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