3ADJ [ADJ n]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. 创始的;母公司的;总公司的
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。
...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
4ADJ [ADJ n](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. (动物、植物或有机体)亲本的,亲代的
Parent birds began to hunt for food for their young.
亲鸟开始为幼鸟寻找食物。
Quotations
Honour thy father and thy motherBible: Exodus
Parents love their children more than children love their parentsAuctoritates Aristotelis
Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive themOscar WildeA Woman of No Importance
The most difficult job in the world is not being President. It's being a parentBill Clinton
Parents ... are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfil the promise of their early yearsAnthony PowellA Buyer's Market
They fuck you up, your Mum and Dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for youPhilip LarkinThis Be the Verse
The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half by our childrenClarence Darrow
ADJECTIVE | PARENT + NOUNADJECTIVE➤married, unmarried已婚的父親/母親;未婚的父親/母親➤divorced離異的父親/母親➤lone, single單親◇single-parent families單親家庭➤absent不在身邊的父親/母親➤aged, aging, elderly年老的父親/母親➤deceased, surviving已故的父親/母親;活着的父親/母親➤prospective, would-be未來的岳父/岳母;未來的公公/婆婆➤expectant準父母➤first-time, new第一次為人父/母;新的父親/母親➤biological, birth, natural, real生身父親/母親;親生父親/母親➤adopted, adoptive, foster養父/母;繼父/母◇the identities of the adoptive parents養父母的身分➤surrogate代理家長➤custodial, non-custodial (law法律) 有監護權的父親/母親;無監護權的父親/母親➤female, male母本;母親;父本;父親➤gay, heterosexual, lesbian同性戀父母;異性戀父母;女同性戀父母➤low-income, poor低收入的父親/母親➤rich, wealthy, well-to-do富裕的父親/母親➤middle-class, working-class中產階級的父親/母親;工薪階層的父親/母親➤immigrant移民的父親/母親▸➤working需要上班的父親/母親◇The government has promised a better deal for working parents.政府答應給予需要上班的父母更好的待遇。➤stay-at-home在家的爸爸/媽媽➤good好的父親/母親➤involved, supportive參與型/支持型的家長◇The study showed that children with involved parents do better at school.研究表明,和家長有更多時間互動的孩子在學校表現得較好。➤proud自豪的家長◇They have just become the proud parents of a baby girl.他們剛有了一個小女孩,感到很自豪。➤caring, devoted, loving疼愛子女的父親/母親;慈愛的父親/母親➤doting, fond, indulgent溺愛的父親/母親;縱容子女的父親/母親➤overprotective過度保護子女的父親/母親➤stern, strict嚴厲的父親/母親;嚴格的父親/母親➤bad, unfit不合格的父親/母親➤abusive虐待子女的父親/母親➤neglectful疏忽的家長➤angry, anxious, concerned, distraught, distressed, grieving生氣的父親/母親;焦急的父親/母親;傷心的父親/母親PARENT + NOUN➤company (business商業) 母公司◇The subsidiary eventually outgrew its parent company and took it over.子公司的發展最終超越了母公司,將母公司收購了。