extended family

英 [ɪkˌstendɪd ˈfæməli]

美 [ɪkˌstendɪd ˈfæməli]

n.  大家庭(几代同堂的家庭)

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牛津词典

noun

• 大家庭（几代同堂的家庭）
  a family group with a close relationship among the members that includes not only parents and children but also uncles, aunts, grandparents, etc.

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 大家庭
  Anextended familyis a family group which includes relatives such as uncles, aunts, and grandparents, as well as parents, children, and brothers and sisters.
  1. The pregnant woman in such a community has the support of all the womenfolk in her extended family.
     在这种社会中，孕妇会得到她所在的大家庭中所有妇女的帮助。

英英释义

noun

• a family consisting of the nuclear family and their blood relatives

双语例句

• There are often many nuclear families in one extended family.
  在一个大家庭里经常有很多核心家庭。
• His story speaks to the enormous personal and economic impact that his disability has had on him and his extended family.
  他的故事诉说了伤残对他和他的大家庭所产生的巨大个人和经济影响。
• Maria was surprised to realize how much she enjoyed her first Thanksgiving back home surrounded by extended family.
  玛丽亚发现到她在回国后和一大帮家人共同度过的第一个感恩节给她带来了莫大的快乐，这一点实在出乎她的意料。
• They spend summer holidays at our holiday cottage in Mayo [ Ireland] sometimes with my extended family.
  他们有时来我们在（爱尔兰）梅奥的度假小屋，和我们的大家庭一起过暑假。
• Traditionally, all the members of an extended family lived in the same area.
  传统上，扩大的家庭的全部成员都居住在同一个地区。
• Societies retain their tribal structures based on extended family kinships and clientage.
  社会保持了基于家族血族关系和委托关系的宗族结构。
• The pregnant woman in such a community has the support of all the womenfolk in her extended family.
  在这种社会中，孕妇会得到她所在的大家庭中所有妇女的帮助。
• An extended family includes children, parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, and cousins.
  一个大家庭包括孩子、父母、祖父母、叔叔、婶婶和堂兄妹。
• The extended family is the basic social unit, headed by its eldest male member.
  扩大家庭是最基本的社会单位，由最老的男性成员管理。
• Our extended family is spread across the country.
  我们这个大家庭传遍了整个国家了。