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词汇 parent
释义 parent
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈpeə.rənt/ us /ˈper.ənt/

parentnoun[C] (MOTHER/FATHER)


A1
a mother or father of a person or an animal, or someone who looks after a person in the same way that a parent does: 父亲;母亲
I'm going to meet Richard's parents for the first time this weekend.我这个周末将第一次见理查德的父母。
Colorado is currently experiencing a shortage of foster parents.
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

your parents
parentMy parents died when I was young.
biological parentSome children are raised by grandparents or other family members, instead of their biological parents.
adoptive parentWhen he was 7 months old, his mother gave him up to his adoptive parents.
motherHave you met my mother?
fatherMy father fully supports my life choices.
mumUKMy mum and dad go there every year.
One of the joys of being a parent is watching the child's character develop.为人父母的一大乐趣就是观察孩子的性格发展。
As a parent you try to create a stable home environment for your children to grow up in.
Children need lots of encouragement from their parents.孩子需要父母的不断鼓励。
My parents were rather annoyed that I hadn't told them about the accident.我没有告诉父母这起事故,这让他们很生气。
He finds it extremely difficult being a single parent.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Parents & children
baby mama
babyhood
babymoon
bastard
brat
fraternal twin
guardianship
identical twin
illegitimacy
orphan
parentage
parental
parentally
parenthood
step-parent
the generation gap
triplet
tug of love
twin
without issueidiom

parentnoun[C] (COMPANY)


(alsoparent company)
a company that owns one or more other companies: 母公司,总公司
The subsidiary has issued shares that are guaranteed by its parent.子公司发行的股票由母公司担保。
The parent company is expected to spend $50 million in advertising this year.母公司预计今年会投入5千万美元用于广告。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Mergers & acquisitions
absorb
acqui-hire
acquirable
acquire
acquisition
acquisitive
buyout
conglomerate
denationalization
denationalize
fire sale
growth-oriented
hive
hostile
leverage
monopoly
non-hostile
oligopoly
parent company
partnership
parent
verb[ I or T ]
uk /ˈpeə.rənt/ us /ˈper.ənt/
to raise a child as their parent:
I think he was parented very well.
Graham has parented about 65 foster children and adopted 11 of them.
A lot of adoptive families are second-time-around families, people who've parented before and realize they can do it.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Parenting & caring for children
adopt
adoptable
adopted
adoptee
adoption
caretaking
child-rearing
childless
childlessness
childmind
kinship care
kinship carer
lawnmower parent
looked-after
milestone
snowploughing
stay-at-home
swaddle
unadoptable
unadopted

parent | American Dictionary


parent
noun[ C ]
us/ˈpeər·ənt, ˈpær-/
a person who gives birth to or raises a child:
His parents live in New York.
biology
A parent is also any animal or plant that produces another.

parental


adjective[ not gradable ]us/pəˈren·təl/
parental guidance

parenthood


noun[ U ]us/ˈpeər·əntˌhʊd, ˈpær-/
Just barely newlyweds, they now have to confront the harsh realities of parenthood.

parent | Business English


parent
noun[ C ]
 FINANCEuk /ˈpeərənt/us
→ parent company

Examples of parent


parent
A small core of activists, men and women, came from families in which both parents were active in the labour movement.
The level of religious practice was much higher among the activists' parents than it was for the respondents themselves.
One is not committed to one's friend, one's parents, one's spouse, one's profession, and one's nation in the same always-absolute way.
By 13 days of age, 10 % of the birds have already acquired enough information about the parents to show a stable preference for them.
I also need to liaise with 18 feeder primary and high schools, and maintain links with parents, the community and employers.
On the other hand my parents had also taught me something useful.
Seventeenth-century jurisprudence regarded abandonment as lawful, provided that it did not cause the child's death and that the parents were poor or honour was endangered.
Given the huge life-overlaps in modern family relationships, how do children influence parents, siblings each other and so on?
You can say we are not used to it because our parents never sunbathed.
The risk factor is high, teachers and even parents sometimes jealously interfere, orchestras can take umbrage at being asked to work with prodigies.
None of the children wanted to go and live with their birth parents, but simply to keep contact.
In other words the personalities and character of the two sets of parents are important in maintaining a constructive relationship.
The goal was to uncover the ideologies that parents perceive to guide present speaking practices with their children.
Are we to teach parents how to use nonimmediate language to prepare children better for school?
When parents are in their second period of life, their children are in their first.
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Collocations withparent


parent

These are words often used in combination with parent.

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adopting parent
If the employee is subsequently not put on the register, it can cause difficulties in the workplace for the potential adopting parent.
From the
Hansard archive

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adoptive parent
There was, nevertheless, a sizable minority of institutionalized children who appeared to display a secure attachment relationship with their adoptiveparent at 4 years.
aged parent
I have outlined the responsibilities that a woman may have towards her husband, towards her children or towards an agedparent.
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