n.家庭；親屬；家族；子女；[生]科；語族；[化]族

adj.家庭的；家族的；適合于全家的

There are five people in my family. 我家里有五口人。

He was born in a wealthy family. 他出生在一個富裕的家庭。

He had to work hard to support his family. 他不得不努力工作來養(yǎng)家。

All our family came to Grandad's eightieth birthday party. 我們所有的親屬都來參加了祖父八十壽宴。

She has a large family on her hands. 她有許多子女需要照顧。

Give my regards to Mr and Mrs Jones and family. 代我向瓊斯夫婦及其子女問好.

The tiger is a representative of the cat family. 老虎是貓科動物的典型。

These languages belong to the Latin family. 這些語言都是屬于拉丁語族的。

English is a branch of the Germanic family of languages. 英語是日耳曼語系的一個分支。

Quarrels are a normal part of family life. 爭吵是家庭生活正常的一部分。

She works in the family business. 她在家族的企業(yè)工作。

They rented a three-bedroom family home with a pool. 他們租住了一個帶有三間臥室和一個游泳池,適合全家人居住的房子。

family的意思是“家庭”,指“家庭全體成員”時,為集合名詞,作主語時,謂語動詞要用復數(shù)形式。作為“家庭整體”看待時,謂語動詞要用單數(shù)形式。謂語動詞無論是單數(shù)形式還是復數(shù)形式, family都應該用復數(shù)代詞指代。

family有時可作“子女,孩子”解,此時不含父母,是單數(shù)名詞,但可與不定冠詞a或an連用。

family作先行詞時,其關系代詞可用who,也可用which。如表示家庭成員,則一般用who;如表示家庭整體,則一般用which。

family表示“家屬”時,不包括本人。

adj.顧家的；以家庭為中心的

adj.家庭經(jīng)營

adj.重視家庭的；以家庭為中心的

n.[生]亞科；[語]次語族