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

• 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。
• He lives on a single parent's allowance of £ 70 a week
  他靠每周70英镑的单亲家庭生活补助过日子。
• She has only a single parent.
  她只有一个单身父（母）亲。
• It is said that in some single parent families children live a miserable life.
  据说有些单亲家庭的孩子生活很悲惨。
• 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。
• 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。
• There are a lot of intricate stories in the reunited single parent family.
  重新结合的两个单亲家庭产生了好些的纠结故事。
• Steve Carell plays a relationship expert who struggles to succeed as a single parent.
  斯蒂夫卡瑞尔在片中扮演一个单亲爸爸，是一个拼命要成功的人际关系专家。
• 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。
• 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。