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

• 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。
• 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。
• Due to the increasing divorce rate, there are more and more single parent households.
  离婚率上升，了越来越多的单亲家庭。
• After a divorce, she found herself a single parent with three sons, needing a good job.
  离婚后，发现自己成了有三个儿子的单身母亲，急需一份好的工作。
• ( 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She has only a single parent.
  她只有一个单身父（母）亲。
• Oscar: How are you adjusting to being a single parent?
  你是怎么适应单身母亲的生活的？
• 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。