family n. 1.家,家庭;〔集合词〕家庭成员,家属,子女;亲属。 2.氏族,家族,亲族。 3.〔美国〕阁员,(特指国务部的)同僚;派别。 4.门第,家系;〔英国〕门阀,名门。 5.人种,种族,民族。 6.系;族;科;【语言学】语族。 7.〔美俚〕(黑手党等犯罪集团的)行动小组。 His family is an old one. 他的家庭是一个旧式家庭。 My family are all well. 我全家都好。 the President 's official family 〔美国〕总统的全体阁僚。 the Indo-European family 印欧语族。 the Teutonic family 条顿民族。 the chromium family 【化学】铬族。 the Kantian family 康德学派。 the cat family 【动物;动物学】猫科。 a happy family 1. 幸福家庭。 2. 相安无事处于同一牢笼的不同类动物。 in a family way 1. 像家人一样随便,不拘形式地。 2. 怀孕。 in the family way 〔美国〕怀孕。 of (good) family 出身门第很高的。 run in the family (性格特征等)为一家所共有,世代相传 (A gift for music runs in that family . 那一家人人有音乐天才)。 adj. 家庭的,家族的。 a family likeness 亲属之间的相似,隐约的相似。
He has a wife and family depending on him . 他有妻儿老小要扶养。
Give my regards to mr. and mrs. jones and family . 代我向琼斯夫妇及其子女问好。
He has a wife and family to keep . 他有妻室儿女要养活。
He asked me for a full account of myself and family . 他详尽地问起我自己和我家里情况。
There rose before his mind the picture of his home and family . 他一家人的情景出现在他的脑海中。
For reasons of health and family he was not able to fight for his beloved south . 由于健康和家庭的原因,他不能为心爱的南方上前线去战斗。
Later that year my wife and i took my parents back to italy to visit their hometown and see all their old friends and family . 同一年年底,我们夫妇俩陪父母亲回意大利家乡探亲访友。
Other sociologists see social class as a more complex variable which includes status, prestige, and family lineage . 另一些社会学家认为社会阶级是更为复杂和变化多端的,它包括地位,威望和家庭门第。
It fell hardest on the irish, and families wandered the countryside eating what they could find, even weeds and dead animals . 爱尔兰人受害最甚,无数家庭在乡间流浪,找到什么就吃什么,甚至杂草和死了的动物也吃。
Entropy theory and family enterprise management reform 熵理论与家族企业管理改革