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 teachers and parents got together on Saturday afternoon.
  教师和家长在星期六下午聚会。
• Have you known her parents long?
  你认识她父母很长时间了吗？
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。