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

• 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。
• People scorn me as a single parent.
  人们因为我一个人带着孩子就看不起我。
• He finds it extremely difficult being a single parent.
  他发现做个单亲极度困难。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A single parent, one of many such people in the neighborhood.
  单亲，这地区附近有许多这样的人。
• He lives on a single parent's allowance of £ 70 a week
  他靠每周70英镑的单亲家庭生活补助过日子。
• As they expected, they found that low income, having little education, and being a single parent led to increases in parental stress.
  正如他们所预料的，他们发现低收入、低教育水平、单亲家庭都导致了父母压力的增加。