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。
• 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。
• Oscar: How are you adjusting to being a single parent?
  你是怎么适应单身母亲的生活的？
• 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。
• 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。
• He finds it extremely difficult being a single parent.
  他发现做个单亲极度困难。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• ( 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。