parent的複數形式和用法例句

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　parent的複數形式：

parents

　parent的用法：

parent的用法1：parent指父親或母親,複數parents指“雙親”。但在兒童語言中,表示“雙親”用father and mother比用parents更常見。

parent的用法2：parent用於文學語言誇張用語中,可表示“根源,開始”,通常用單數形式。

parent的用法3：parent在句中可修飾其他名詞作定語,表示能夠繁衍的“母體”。

parent的用法4：parent作“祖先”解時,常用其複數形式,主要用於文學作品中。

parent的複數例句：

1. Many are orphans, their parents killed as they scavenged for food.

很多人是孤兒，他們的父母在垃圾中找吃的時丟了性命。

2. Many parents find it hard to discourage bad behaviour.

很多父母覺得要孩子循規蹈矩是件很難的事情。

3. Like their children, parents are often defensive about their private lives.

就像子女一樣，父母也常常很注重保護他們的私生活。

4. I managed to keep my parents in the dark about this.

我設法對父母瞞下了此事。

5. She had spent years trying to track down her parents.

她已經花了好多年時間試圖追尋父母的下落。

6. Parents were too frightened to bring their children for vaccination.

父母太過害怕，不敢帶孩子去接種疫苗。

7. His parents tried to discourage his interest in music, but he persisted.

他的父母設法打消他對音樂的興趣，但他始終堅持。

8. Parents can programme the machine not to turn on at certain times.

父母可以設定這臺機器的程序，使它在特定時間段無法開啓。

9. In many societies children still marry someone of their parents' choice.

在許多社會，子女結婚仍然只能聽從父母之命。

10. He must have been aware that my parents' marriage was breaking up.

他一定已經知道我父母的婚姻即將破裂。

11. His parents' obsession with keeping up appearances haunted his childhood.

父母過於愛面子的做法在他兒時一直困擾着他。

12. He was just as feared and reviled as his tyrannical parents.

他和他專橫殘暴的父母一樣爲人懼怕和憎恨。

13. One of his main themes is the dissimilarity between parents and children.

他的主題之一就是父母和孩子的不同之處。

14. There is an element of exhibitionism in the parents' performance too.

那對父母的表現也顯得有些愛出風頭。

15. One of the parents was a most obnoxious character. No-one liked him.

其中一位家長極爲惹人厭，沒人喜歡他。