family
常用用法
- family的意思是“家庭”,指“家庭全体成员”时,为集合名词,作主语时,谓语动词要用复数形式。作为“家庭整体”看待时,谓语动词要用单数形式。谓语动词无论是单数形式还是复数形式, family都应该用复数代词指代。
- family有时可作“子女,孩子”解,此时不含父母,是单数名词,但可与不定冠词a或an连用。
- family作先行词时,其关系代词可用who,也可用which。如表示家庭成员,则一般用who;如表示家庭整体,则一般用which。
- family表示“家属”时,不包括本人。 返回 family
n. (名词)
词语辨析
- 这五个词都有“家,家庭,家宅”的意思。其区别在于:home指某人出生以及成长的环境或与某人一起居住的地方; dwelling为文学用语,用以同商店、办公室及其他建筑物相区别的住宅; family指的是家庭成员,与居住地无关; house强调人们居住的建筑物本身; residence常指周围大片土地的宅邸,也可指普通的房屋,尤其是自己的住宅。例如:
- There's nothing like home.哪儿也没有家里好。
- Their clothes were in rags and their dwellings were small and poorly furnished.他们衣衫褴褛,住房狭小,家具简陋。
- Because our family is happy and healthy we reckon ourselves fortunate.因为我们一家人幸福健康,我们认为我们是幸运的。
- She offered to help Rose in house keeping when I was not here.我不在时,她主动帮助露丝料理家务。
- Buy a house, build a home.买一所房子,安一个家。
- The President's residence is the White House in Washington,D.C.总统的官邸是华盛顿特区的白宫。
- 在英式英语中, in a family way作“不拘小节”解, in the family way作“怀孕”解; 而在美式英语中, in a family way和in the family way都作“怀孕”解。例如:
- She spoke to me in a family way.她与我说话不拘礼节。
- It makes folks happy to see a girl in the family way.人们看到女孩怀孕了会感到高兴。
- Sue and Liz are happy because their mother is in the family way.苏和利兹都很高兴,因为妈妈就要生孩子了。
- How are your family?
- 家里人都好吗?
- How is your family?
- 全家好吗?
- 如果侧重家里的每个人,则用“are”; 如果侧重全家,则用“is”,但在回答时都应用are。
- My family〔They〕 are all well.全家都好。
- a teacher family 一个教师之家(全是教师)
- a teacher's family 一位教师的家(主人是教师)
- He is family man.
- 他是有家室的人。
- He is a man of family.
- 他是出身名门望族的人。 返回 family