single parent

英 [ˌsɪŋɡl ˈpeərənt]

美 [ˌsɪŋɡl ˈperənt]

n.  单亲

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牛津词典

noun

• 单亲
  a person who takes care of their child or children without a husband, wife or partner
  1. a single-parent family
     单亲家庭

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 单亲
  Asingle parentis someone who is bringing up a child on their own, because the other parent is not living with them.
  1. 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。
  2. ...single-parent families.
     单亲家庭
  3. ...a single-parent household.
     单亲家庭

双语例句

• She spoke generally about the challenges of being a single parent.
  她大致讲了一下单亲父母所面临的挑战。
• Social scientists now talk of two new family forms: the single parent family and the remarried family.
  社会学家们现在谈到两种新的家庭模式：单亲家庭和再婚家庭。
• A high divorce rate and an increasing single parent household arised in the numbers of unmarriaged parents, all these suggest that American family were no longer they used to be.
  高离婚率、单亲家庭增加了未婚父母的数量，这些表明美国家庭已经不是过去的样子了。
• It's so hard being a single parent and a career woman.
  当一个单亲家长和职业妇女真不容易。
• Many are being raised by a single parent or grandparent.
  很多都是由单亲或是祖父母抚养长大。
• In single parent families, parents spend less time with children.
  在单亲家庭里，父母和孩子相处的变得越来越少。
• Oscar: How are you adjusting to being a single parent?
  你是怎么适应单身母亲的生活的？
• 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。
• Single parent families have joined the bottom of the heap in our society.
  单亲家庭加入了我们这个社会的失败者的行列。
• A single parent, one of many such people in the neighborhood.
  单亲，这地区附近有许多这样的人。