| 词汇 | joint-family |
| 释义 | joint family noun[ C ] Indian Englishuk /ˌdʒɔɪnt ˈfæm.əl.i/ us /ˌdʒɔɪnt ˈfæm.əl.i/ a family in which parents and their male children with their families live together and are considered as a single unit（父母与儿子们生活在一起并被看作是一个家庭单位的）复合家庭 Family: relations in general anti-family aunt auntie baby daddy baby mama family man father fatherhood filial filially kinsman kinswoman kith and kin long-lost loved one relationship relative removed second cousin sib Examples of joint familyjoint family This factor, however, never inspired the families to adopt jointfamily forms. As members of a jointfamily, they enjoyed control over its resources. Widows, (girl) orphans, new daughters-in-law, and unwanted wives are amongst those who could traditionally expect the lowest levels of consideration within the jointfamily system. He suggests that even in the seventeenth century the underlying pattern was not that of a jointfamily system. In essence, the jointfamily was a micro social security system. In particular, we must consider the pastoralists' adherence to the jointfamily pattern. Individual interviews were conducted separately with the target boy and his caregiver(s) following a jointfamily-interaction task. There are several possible explanations why youngest brothers were so often chosen as participants in jointfamily forms. Certainly jointfamily households, with a labour force of at least four members, were in an advantageous position to retain and increase their landholdings. As household heads aged, the percentages of jointfamily households rose. The jointfamily household form became more predominant as heads neared the age of 60. Having an extended jointfamily may help in reducing the burden of troublesome behaviour. The jointfamily was ruptured and women were increasingly forced to live in usually oppressive households, without their husbands. As a component of the ' household-formation system ', this pattern of property transmission supported the preservation of an undivided patrimony, securing the maintenance and the reproduction of patrilineal jointfamily households. Urbanisation, modernisation and globalisation have led to changes in economic structure, erosion of societal values and the weakening of social institutions such as the jointfamily. See all examples of joint family 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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