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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A sea change has taken place in young people's attitudes to their parents.
  年轻人对待父母的态度已经发生了三百六十度转变。
• 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。
• Without the support of my parents I would have probably cracked up completely. But I managed to hang on
  假如没有我父母的支持，我可能已经彻底垮掉了。但我还是坚持了下来。
• He still lives with his parents.
  他还和父母住在一起。
• He married her against the will of his parents.
  他违背父母的意愿与她结了婚。
• 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。