parents

英 [ˈpeərənts]

美 [ˈperənts]

n.  父亲(或母亲); (动、植物的)亲本，亲代，父本，母本; 创始机构; 母公司; 总部
parent的复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• See also:Children need their parents...This is where a lot of parents go wrong...When you become a parent the things you once cared about seem to have less value.foster parentone-parent familysingle parent
• ADJ 创始的；母公司的；总公司的
  An organization'sparentorganization is the organization that created it and usually still controls it.
  1. Each unit including the parent company has its own, local management.
     包括母公司在内，每个单位都有自己的地方管理层。
  2. ...the zoo's parent body, the Zoological Society of London.
     该动物园的创始组织，伦敦动物学会
• ADJ （动物、植物或有机体）亲本的，亲代的
  Theparentanimal, plant, or organism of a particular animal, plant or organism is the one that it comes from or is produced by.
  1. Parent birds began to hunt for food for their young.
     亲鸟开始为幼鸟寻找食物。

双语例句

• Babies who sleep with their parents receive much more tactile stimulation than babies who sleep in a cot
  婴儿和父母睡在一块儿比单独睡在婴儿床中能得到更多的触觉刺激。
• The typical family structure of Freud's patients involved two parents and two children
  弗洛伊德的病人的典型家庭结构是父母二人和两个孩子。
• All children will tend to suffer from separation from their parents and siblings.
  所有的孩子和他们的父母及兄弟姐妹分开后往往都会难过。
• My parents divorced when I was very young
  我很小的时候父母就离婚了。
• I have watched parents trying to reason with their children and have never seen it work.
  我曾经见到家长试图和他们的孩子讲道理，但是从没有见过这招奏效。
• Most single parents are either divorced or separated
  大多数单身父母要么离婚了要么分居了。
• Parents can express a preference for the school their child attends
  父母可以表达对自己孩子所上学校的偏好。
• His parents had spirited him away to the country
  他的父母偷偷地将他带到了该国。
• He claimed that his parents had abandoned him
  他声称父母遗弃了他。
• I must have been naive to think we would get my parents 'blessing.
  我一定太天真了，竟认为我们会得到我父母的祝福。