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parent的复数形式：

parents

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的复数例句：

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。

6. Parents were too frightened to bring their children for vaccination.

父母太过害怕，不敢带孩子去接种疫苗。

7. His parents tried to discourage his interest in music, but he persisted.

他的父母设法打消他对音乐的兴趣，但他始终坚持。

8. Parents can programme the machine not to turn on at certain times.

父母可以设定这台机器的程序，使它在特定时间段无法开启。

9. In many societies children still marry someone of their parents' choice.

在许多社会，子女结婚仍然只能听从父母之命。

10. He must have been aware that my parents' marriage was breaking up.

他一定已经知道我父母的婚姻即将破裂。

11. His parents' obsession with keeping up appearances haunted his childhood.

父母过于爱面子的做法在他儿时一直困扰着他。

12. He was just as feared and reviled as his tyrannical parents.

他和他专横残暴的父母一样为人惧怕和憎恨。

13. One of his main themes is the dissimilarity between parents and children.

他的主题之一就是父母和孩子的不同之处。

14. There is an element of exhibitionism in the parents' performance too.

那对父母的表现也显得有些爱出风头。

15. One of the parents was a most obnoxious character. No-one liked him.

其中一位家长极为惹人厌，没人喜欢他。