family

英[ˈfæməli]美[ˈfæməli]

n.家（庭），子女，祖先，(动植物的)科；

adj.家族的，全家共用的；

复数：families;

例句

All the family join me in wishing you a happy future.所有的家人同我一道祝你未来幸福。

Family background could hardly have been counted against her.家庭背景根本不应成为对她不利的因素。

I like to bring my friends home to a warm welcome from my family.我喜欢邀请朋友到家作客, 并使他们受到家里人的热烈欢迎。

His sudden death reduced the family to poverty.他突然去世使家庭陷入贫困。

This necklace has been handed down in my family.这串项链是我家祖上传下来的。

He is the last of the family; after his death the name will die out.他是他家族活在这世上的*后一个成员, 他一死, 他们家族便不复存在了。

The royal family is now being caricatured as savagely as it has ever been.皇室人员如今也像以往那样,常被粗暴无礼地画成漫画。

a titled family贵族家庭

The family’s request for help went unanswered.这个家庭发出的求助没有回应。

Be sure to give your family my regards.一定要代我向你的家人问好。

英语六级真题

Working-class children are happier, more independent, complain less and are closer to family members, Ms.

Well-off families are ruled by calendars, with children enrolled in ballet, soccer and after-school programs, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.

The lives of children from rich and poor American families look more different than ever before.

The increasing differences in child rearing between rich and poor families reflect growing social inequality.

The achievement gap between children from high- and lowincome families is 30-40% larger among children born in 2001 than those born 25 years earlier, according to Mr.

Parenting approaches of working-class and affluent families both have advantages.

Of families earning more than $75,000 a year, 84% say their children have participated in organized sports over the past year, 64% have done volunteer work and 62% have taken lessons in music, dance or art.

Of families earning less than $30,000, 59% of children have done sports, 37% have volunteered and 41 % have taken arts classes.

Most affluent parents enroll their children in preschool or day care, while low-income parents are more likely to depend on family members.

Middle-class and higher-income parents see their children as projects in need of careful cultivation, says Annette Lareau, whose groundbreaking research on the topic was published in her book Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race and Family Life.

In the Pew survey, middle-class families earning between $30,000 and $75,000 a year fell right between working-class and high-earning parents on issues like the quality of their neighborhood for raising children, participation in extracurricular activities and involvement in their children's education.

In poor families, meanwhile, children tend to spend their time at home or with extended family.

Higher-income families and working-class families now tend to live in different neighborhoods.

Especially in affluent families, children start young.

Contestants of elite high school math competitions are mostly Asian and white students from well-off families.

Children from higher-income families are likely to have the skills to navigate bureaucracies and succeed in schools and workplaces, Ms.

But will such contests, which are overwhelmingly dominated by Asian and white students from middle-class and affluent families become any more diverse? Many social and cultural factors play roles in determining which promising students get on the path toward international math recognition.

When we ask teens to choose a hero, they usually select an older family member rather than a remote public figure.

The elevation of the room that once belonged only to the servants to that of design showcase for the modem family tells the story of a century of social change.

The Senate Finance bill would impose an excise tax ( ' , 消费税) on health insurance plans that cost more than $8,000 for an individual or $21,000 for a family.

Still, it is true that American families are growing closer at the dawn of this new millennium ( ' , 千年).

Perhaps in the face of impersonal and intimidating globalization, a young person's family feels more like a friendly haven than an oppressive trap.

One prevalent quality we have found in teens' statements about themselves, their friends and their families is a strikingly positive emotional tone.

Most feel that their parents understand them, and they believe their family is the No.

It is where the family entertains important guests.

It is fine and healthy for teens to cultivate their personal interests, and it is good news when young people enjoy harmonious relations with their family and friends.

Families graze on high-cholesterol take-aways and microwaved readymeals.

But we also found little interest in civic life beyond the tight circles of their family and immediate friends.

The U.S. trails far behind every wealthy nation and many developing ones that have family-friendly work policies including paid parental leave, paid sick days and breast-feeding support, according to a 2007 study.

MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of Labour amendments to the children and families bill last February that included the 118 power to regulate for plain packaging.

Harvard Business School professor Leslie Perlow explains that when people feel the pressure to be always on, they find ways to accommodate that pressure, including altering their schedules, work habits and interactions with family and friends.

So what factors, at the community level, do predict if poor children will move up the economic ladder as adults? What explains, for instance, why the Salt Lake City metro area is one of the 100 largest metropolitan areas most likely to lift the fortunes of the poor and the Atlanta metro area is one of the least likely?Harvard economist Raj Chetty has pointed to economic and racial segregation, community density, the size of a community's middle class, the quality of schools, community religiosity, and family structure, which he calls the single strongest correlate of upward mobility.

Per-capita local government spendingIn other words, communities with high levels of per-capita income growth, high percentages of two-parent families, and high local government spending—which may stand for good schools— are the most likely to help poor children relive Horatio Alger's rags-to-riches story.

Kids who are the first in their families to brave the world of higher education came on campus with little academic know- how and are much more likely than their peers to drop out before graduation.

Given the high price of room and board and the closeness of the school to his family, he chose to live at home and worked between 30 and 40 hours a week while taking a full class schedule.

Chetty finds that communities like Salt Lake City, with high levels of two-parent families and religiosity, are much more likely to see poor children get ahead than communities like Atlanta, with high levels of racial and economic segregation.

According to a marketing executive, many students from low-income families don't know they could have a chance of going to an elite university.

True, not all U.S.students can match theperformance of their foreign counterparts, but the American institutions do offer students from rich and poor families alike the chance to realize their full potential.

"This study shows the importance of so-called non-cognitive' or soft skills in contributing to children's positive peer relationships, which, in turn, contribute to their academic success,"said Kenneth Dodge, director of the Duke Center for Child and Fami

All those things are true, but aside from him, all his friends and family are played by actors.

Although most people do not take out insurance on their young children, as the children become financially independent of the family, the emphasis on family financial security will shift from protection to saving for the retirement years.

and some parents say they can manage the cost of a school trip abroad more easily than a family holiday.

As you acquire a distinctive identity, your attitudes are further refined by the behavior of those with whom you identify—your family, those of your gender and culture, and the people you admire, even though you may not know them personally.

But we can say that basically a family living in relative poverty has less than a percentage of the average family income.

Data reveals that economic inequality rather than family income might affect people's well-being.

Each day of Kwanzaa, usually before the evening meal, family and friends gather around the table and someone lights a candle, beginning with the black.

Every family situation is different, but it is important that each family give adequate thought to planning its financial future.

Evolutionarily speaking, people in this age group are at a stage in which they can prepare to find a mate and start their own family while separating from parents and striking out on their own.

For example, in the United States, a family can be considered poor if their income is less than 50% of the national average family income.

given the high price of room and board and the closeness of the school to his family, he chose to live at home and worked between 30 and 40 hours a week while taking a full class schedule.

Harvard Business School professor Leslie Perlow explains that when people feel the pressure to be always "on,"they find ways to accommodate that pressure, including altering their schedules, work habits and interactions with family and friends.

Harvard economist Raj Chetty has pointed to economic and racial segregation, community density, the size of a community's middle class, the quality of schools, community religiosity, and family structure, which he calls the "single strongest correlate of

Her family received international aid during the war when she was growing up.

It has brought English into homes and pushed out traditional storytelling and family time together, accelerating the extinction of native languages.

It started as a "mama and papa operation", and the childless Wallaces always considered employees to be part of their family.

middle-class and higher-income parents see their children as projects in need of careful cultivation, says Annette Lareau, whose groundbreaking research on the topic was published in her book Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race and Family life.

One should buy the policies to give the most protection at the least cost, ensure the right family members and consider the family's financial needs.

Relative poverty is generally considered to be a household income level which is below a given proportion of average family income.

Telepresence robots such as MantaroBot, Vgo, and giraff can be controlled through a computer, smartphone, or tablet, allowing family members or doctors to remotely monitor patients or Skype them, often via a screen where the robot's "face" would be.

The death of a small child would have no effect upon the income of the family.

The elevation of the room that once belonged only to the servants to that of design showcase for the modern family tells the story of a century of social change.

The Senate finance bill would impose an excise tax(消费税) on health insurance plans that cost more than $8, 000 for an individual or $21, 000 for a family.

They did use an invitation-only photo sharing platform so that friends and family, including those far away, could see the photos, but they stood firm, simply refusing to put their child's photos on other social media platforms.

They found some evidence that some crude measures, like income inequality, correlated with changes in well-being, but economic measures with a more direct impact, like family income and unemployment rates which put families into difficulties, had no relat

Though he didn't come from a farming family, from a young age tim Joseph was fascinated by the idea of living off the land.

When a few family members did post pictures, O'Hanlon and her husband made their wishes clear.

When the children are young, and depend upon the family for financial needs, families with modest incomes have difficulty providing enough life insurance to protect the mother and children.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-COUNT-COLL

家;家庭;家族

A family is a group of people who are related to each other, especially parents and their children.

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N-COUNT-COLL

子女;孩子

When people talk about a family, they sometimes mean children.

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N-COUNT-COLL

祖先;祖辈

When people talk about their family, they sometimes mean their ancestors.

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ADJ

家族的;家庭的;家里的

You can use family to describe things that belong to a particular family.

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ADJ

全家共用的;全家共享的

You can use family to describe things that are designed to be used or enjoyed by both parents and children.

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N-COUNT

(动植物的)科

A family of animals or plants is a group of related species.

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英汉词典释义

n.

家, 家庭

子女; （尤指）年幼子女

家族, 氏族

语族, 语系

(动植物的)科

（大）家庭（包括父母子女及近亲）；亲属

(由有关的人或物组成的)一群，一派，一族；(具有共同性质或特征的)一类东西

派别；(**、哲学等方面的)派；(总统的)阁员；僚属，幕僚

adj.

家庭的

一家所有的

适合全家人的

属于家庭的；家庭用的

亲属的，家族的；有家庭特征的

老少皆宜的，家庭式的，(兼顾成人和儿童的)适合一家人公用的

不伤风败俗的；无淫秽言语的

英英词典释义

Noun

1. a social unit living together;

2. primary social group; parents and children;

3. people descended from a common ancestor;

4. a collection of things sharing a common attribute;

5. an association of people who share common beliefs or activities;

6. (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera;

7. a person having kinship with another or others;

8. a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

行业词典

动物学： 科；

医学： 家族，家属：共同祖先传下的群体；科：动植物分类学的一个部分，在目(或亚目)之下，在族(或亚科)之上；

数学： 族；

昆虫学： 科；

植物学： 科；