询问某人的家庭情况 ask about someone’s family -Why did she close up when I asked about her family? 为什么我问到她的家庭情况,她就闭口不语了呢? -Because she thinks her family is an embarrassment. 因为她觉得她的家庭让她很难堪。 ? embarrassment /?m?b?r?sm?nt/ n. 难堪;使人为难的人或事;尴尬,窘迫 close up 闭口;关闭;停止,结束
出身于一个……的家庭 come from a…family -She comes from a very artistic family. 她出身于一个艺术家庭。 -No wonder she has made brilliant achievements in painting. 难怪她在绘画方面取得了辉煌的成就。 ? artistic /ɑ??t?st?k/ adj. 艺术的;有美感的 ? brilliant /?br?li?nt/ adj. 辉煌的,灿烂的 ? achievement /??t?i?vm?nt/ n. 成就;功绩 ? painting /?pe?nt??/ n. 绘画;油画 come from 出身于;来自 no wonder 难怪 make achievements 取得成就 ■ “出身于一个……的家庭”还可以表达为:be born into a…family。
供养家庭 support one’s family -His salary is too low to support his family. 他的工资太低了,不够养家。 -Yes. He has to do more work to make more money. 是啊。为了赚取更多的钱,他不得不做更多的工作。 ? support /s??p??t/ v. 供养;支撑;支持 ? salary /?s?l?ri/ n. 工资,薪水 make/earn money 赚钱,挣钱
生儿育女 start a family -Do they plan to start a family? 他们计划生儿育女了吗? -No. They have no intention of having a child. 没有。他们没有要孩子的打算。 ? intention /?n?ten?n/ n. 打算,意图 have intention of (doing sth 有(做)……的打算或意图 ■ start a family 可以解释为 have children 或 have one’s first baby,表示夫妻准备生养(第一个)孩子,所以这里译为“生儿育女”。
抛弃家庭 abandon one’s family -He abandoned his family and ran away with all the money. 他抛弃了他的家庭,带着所有的钱跑了。 -Frankly speaking, if his family disowns him, I won’t be surprised at all. 坦白地说,如果他的家人跟他断绝关系,我一点儿也不会感到惊讶。 ? abandon /??b?nd?n/ v. 抛弃,遗弃;放弃 ? disown /d?s???n/ v. 与……断绝关系;否认 run away (偷偷)离开某人或某处 ■ frankly speaking 意为“坦白地说,坦率地说”,常用作插入语。
和家庭断绝关系 cut ties with one’s family -Why has he cut all ties with his family? 他为什么和他的家庭断绝了一切关系呢? -Because his parents tried to force him to marry a girl he didn’t love. 因为他的父母试图强迫他和一个他并不爱的女孩结婚。 ? tie /ta?/ n. 关系,联系;领带 v. 系,打结,扎 ? force /f??s/ n. 力量;军队 v. 强迫,强制,强加
分类词汇包 1 ? single-parent family/one-parent family 单亲家庭 ? nuclear /?nju?kli?(r / family (仅由丈夫、妻子和子女组成的)核心家庭 ? extended /?k?stend?d/ family (几代同堂的)大家庭 ? DINK /d??k/ family 丁克家庭(DINK为Double Income No Kids的缩写) ? blended /?blend?d/ family (由丈夫、妻子以及继子或继女组成的)混合家庭 ? wealthy/needy family 富裕/贫困家庭 ? upper-income/lower-income family 高收入/低收入家庭
2 ? family member 家庭成员 ? family background 家庭背景 ? family values 家庭价值观 ? family circle 家庭圈子 ? family doctor 家庭医生 ? family tree 家谱 ? family business 家族事业
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