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

• 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。
• 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。
• He claimed that his parents had abandoned him
  他声称父母遗弃了他。
• 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。
• He still lives with his parents.
  他还和父母住在一起。
• I would avoid him like the plague when his wife and my parents were around
  他的妻子和我的父母在旁边时，我会极力躲着他。
• I managed to keep my parents in the dark about this
  我设法对父母瞒下了此事。
• Life at home with her parents and two sisters was stifling.
  和父母及两个姐妹生活在一起让她感到很压抑。
• I left my parents 'house, relinquished my estate and my patrimony.
  我离开了父母的家，放弃了我的房产和祖传财产。
• His parents had spirited him away to the country
  他的父母偷偷地将他带到了该国。