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

• The former extended family has broken into nuclear ones.
  过去的大家庭裂变成小家庭。
• She said communications with their extended family had been cut.
  她说和他们家人的通讯交流已经被切断了。
• 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。
• A breakdown of support in child rearing from the extended family.
  大家庭对养育子女的支持中断。
• My grandparents live with us, so we are an extended family.
  我的祖怙恃以及咱们住，因此咱们有个大家庭。
• Do you have a large extended family?
  你有一个大家庭吗？
• Parents migrate to improve the well-being of their children and other extended family members.
  家长移徙是为了改善子女和其他亲属的生活福祉。
• 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。
• 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。
• They are all related, so the members of an extended family are called relatives.
  他们之间有联系，所以大家庭里的成员叫做亲属。