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parents

/pair-uhnt, par-/US // ˈpɛər ənt, ˈpær- //UK // (ˈpɛərənt) //

父母,父母亲,父母亲人

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a father or a mother.
    • : an ancestor, precursor, or progenitor.
    • : a source, origin, or cause.
    • : a protector or guardian.
    • : Biology. any organism that produces or generates another.
    • : Physics. the first nuclide in a radioactive series.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : being the original source: a parent organization.
    • : Biology. pertaining to an organism, cell, or complex molecular structure that generates or produces another: parent cell; parent DNA.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to be or act as parent of: to parent children with both love and discipline.

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Examples

  • Those invitations went to all but two of the team’s cheerleaders – who happen to be the children of parents who expressed concerns with the practices in recent months.

  • I can’t know how my life would be different had my parents given me another name.

  • By focusing on teletherapy tools and reassuring parents, we’ve seen substantial growth and brand recognition during the pandemic.

  • Bad parents, bad genes, bad society, bad luck, bad decisions — pick your poison.

  • That can mean children are banned from seeing their own parents or siblings.

  • After four or five months of casual interaction, they realized they both had lost a young parent to cancer.

  • Tinder and OkCupid are both owned by IAC, the parent company of The Daily Beast.

  • To be a parent is to be able to offer truly unconditional love.

  • Not even after its parent company, the Soviet Union, took a dive in 1991.

  • At least one parent would have to be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

  • "I'm afraid I couldn't quite manage that, my dear boy," your fond parent would respond.

  • He paused; and hastily wrote a few lines, to say that parent still lived, and would yet proclaim himself with honour to the world.

  • I betray my beloved parent's confidence, to save you from a certain and ignominious death.

  • In some states he becomes the heir of the adopted parent like a natural child, with some limitations.

  • The fibre can be separated with great facility, though firmly attached at one end to the parent rock.