parent

noun

1. 父亲（或母亲）
   a person's father or mother
   1. He's still living with his parents.
      他还和父母住在一起。
   2. her adoptive parents
      她的养父母
   3. Sue and Ben have recently become parents.
      苏和本最近当了爸爸妈妈了。
2. （动、植物的）亲本，亲代，父本，母本
   an animal or a plant which produces other animals or plants
   1. the parent bird/tree
      亲代鸟 / 树
3. 创始机构；母公司；总部
   an organization that produces and owns or controls smaller organizations of the same type
   1. a parent bank and its subsidiaries
      总行及其附属银行
   2. the parent company
      母公司

1. 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 parent one-parent family single parent
2. ADJ 创始的；母公司的；总公司的
   An organization's parent organization 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
3. ADJ （动物、植物或有机体）亲本的，亲代的
   The parent animal, 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。

1. She has an aged parent who's capable of being very difficult.
   她有一个年迈的父亲，可能会很不好相处。
2. He lives on a single parent's allowance of £ 70 a week
   他靠每周70英镑的单亲家庭生活补助过日子。
3. The offspring contain a mixture of the genetic blueprint of each parent
   子女身上遗传了父母双方的基因型板。
4. A very clingy child can drive a parent to distraction.
   依赖性太强的孩子会逼得父母心烦意乱。
5. Zeneca was at last demerged from its parent firm, ICI
   捷利康公司终于从其母公司帝国化工集团中分离了出来。
6. Her tone was that of a parent to a disobedient child.
   她的语气就像是一个家长在训自己不听话的孩子。
7. It might be possible for a single woman to be accepted as a foster parent
   有可能会接受单身女子作为领养人。
8. His declared agenda is to raise standards in schools, fortify parent power and decentralise control.
   他公布的计划旨在提高学校办学标准，加强家长权力，分散管理。
9. Talk to other franchise holders and ask them what they think of the parent company.
   和其他特许经营者谈一谈，问问他们对母公司是什么看法。
10. Learning how to become a parent takes time. It's a skill you learn as you go along.
    学会如何为人父母需要时间，这种技能只能边经历边学习。
11. Joe still has no concept of what it's like to be the sole parent.
    乔对当单亲家长是什么滋味还没有任何概念。
12. Ninety per cent of lone parent families are headed by mothers.
    90%的单亲家庭由母亲持家。
13. A happy parent makes for a happy child.
    有快乐的父母，才会有快乐的孩子。
14. Children universally prefer to live in peace and security, even if that means living with only one parent
    孩子们普遍愿意过平静安宁的生活，即便这意味着只能与单亲生活在一起。
15. More than half the children of divorce did not see the non-custodial parent on a regular basis.
    超出半数的离婚家庭的孩子没有定期与无监护权的家长见面。
16. The two parent groups now run their business as a single combined operation.
    这两个母公司现在合并为一家企业经营业务。
17. The overworked, overextended parent may be seen as unloving, but may simply be exhausted.
    工作压身、精力上捉襟见肘的家长可能会被视作对孩子缺乏关爱，但他们也许只是太疲惫了。
18. Children need their parents
    孩子们需要父母。
19. This is where a lot of parents go wrong
    这正是很多父母犯错的地方。
20. When you become a parent the things you once cared about seem to have less value.
    一旦你为人父母，你曾经在意的那些事情就显得不那么重要了。
21. 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。
22. Parent birds began to hunt for food for their young.
    亲鸟开始为幼鸟寻找食物。
23. Being a parent is her first priority
    做好母亲是她的头等大事。
24. People scorn me as a single parent.
    人们因为我一个人带着孩子就看不起我。
25. I was bringing up my three children as a single parent.
    作为单身母亲，我独自抚养我的3个孩子。
26. Trying to make it as a single parent raising your children would be the main concern to me these days.
    我现在最关心的事情就是作为一个单亲家长，努力把自己的孩子抚养长大。
27. To be a parent is a terribly difficult thing
    为人父母真难啊。
28. She knew first-hand the impact an unsteady parent could have on a sensitive young girl.
    她有亲身体验，知道情绪变化无常的家长对一个敏感的小女孩会产生什么影响。
29. To be appreciated as a parent is quite unusual.
    可怜天下父母心。
30. Sometimes a teacher will be listened to, where a parent might not.
    有时教师的话会听，而父母的话可能就不听。

noun

1. an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained

2. a father or mother

verb

1. bring up
   1. raise a family
   2. bring up children

   Synonym:    rearraisebring upnurture