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

• Trying to make it as a single parent raising your children would be the main concern to me these days.
  我现在最关心的事情就是作为一个单亲家长，努力把自己的孩子抚养长大。
• ( microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell.
  （微生物学）从一个母细胞中生长出来的一群生物体。
• There is now much less stigma attached to being a single parent.
  现在做一个单身父母不再有什么耻辱。
• Make that a large family with a single parent, and they double.
  如果是个单亲大家庭，好坏都会变成双倍。
• 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。
• As they expected, they found that low income, having little education, and being a single parent led to increases in parental stress.
  正如他们所预料的，他们发现低收入、低教育水平、单亲家庭都导致了父母压力的增加。
• 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。
• She said she would rather be a single parent than make do with an unhappy marriage.
  她说她宁愿当个单身妈妈也不愿凑合着过不幸福的婚姻生活。
• 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。
• 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。