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

• She's a single parent. she's always been a hard worker.
  她是单身母亲，她一直很努力工作。
• 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。
• 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。
• She has only a single parent.
  她只有一个单身父（母）亲。
• A high divorce rate and an increasing single parent household arised in the numbers of unmarriaged parents, all these suggest that American family were no longer they used to be.
  高离婚率、单亲家庭增加了未婚父母的数量，这些表明美国家庭已经不是过去的样子了。
• ( 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。
• She said she would rather be a single parent than make do with an unhappy marriage.
  她说她宁愿当个单身妈妈也不愿凑合着过不幸福的婚姻生活。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。