parent的用法:
parent的用法1:parent指父亲或母亲,复数parents指“双亲”。但在儿童语言中,表示“双亲”用father and mother比用parents更常见。
parent的用法2:parent用于文学语言夸张用语中,可表示“根源,开始”,通常用单数形式。
parent的'用法3:parent在句中可修饰其他名词作定语,表示能够繁衍的“母体”。
parent的用法4:parent作“祖先”解时,常用其复数形式,主要用于文学作品中。
parent例句
1. Many are orphans, their parents killed as they scavenged for food.
很多人是孤儿,他们的父母在垃圾中找吃的时丢了性命。
2. Many parents find it hard to discourage bad behaviour.
很多父母觉得要孩子循规蹈矩是件很难的事情。
3. Like their children, parents are often defensive about their private lives.
就像子女一样,父母也常常很注重保护他们的私生活。
4. I managed to keep my parents in the dark about this.
我设法对父母瞒下了此事。
5. She had spent years trying to track down her parents.
她已经花了好多年时间试图追寻父母的下落。