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