1closely related group 关系密切的群体 [countableC]SSF a group of people who are related to each other, especially a mother, a father, and their children 〔尤指由父母和孩子组成的〕家庭
Do you know the family next door?
你认识隔壁那家人吗?
The Webb family still has its farm over there.
韦伯家依然保留着那里的农场。
This house isn’t big enough for a family of seven.
这房子住不下七口之家。
2all your relations 所有和你有亲属关系的人 [countableC, uncountableU]SSFFAMILY all the people you are related to, including those who are now dead 家族
I’m moving to Detroit because I have some family there.
我要搬到底特律,因为我有家人住在那儿。
in somebody’s family
That painting has been in our family (=been owned by our family) for 200 years.
那幅油画属于我们家族已有200年了。
Asthma runs in the family (=is common in the family).
这个家族有哮喘病史。
nGRAMMAR: Singular or plural verb?
In senses 1 and 2, family is usually followed by a singular verb:
The family now lives in London.
那家人现居伦敦。
My family comes from Scotland originally.
我祖籍是苏格兰。
In British English, you can also use a plural verb:
The family now live in London.
那家人现居伦敦。
My family come from Scotland originally.
我祖籍是苏格兰。
3children 孩子,子女 [countableC]SSCFAMILY children 孩子
Couples with young families wouldn’t want to live here.
子女年幼的夫妻不会愿意住在这里。
They’re getting married next year, and hope to start a family (=have children) straight away.
他们准备明年结婚,并希望马上要孩子。
bring up/raise a family
the problems of bringing up a family on a very low income
in the family way• Do I appear to be in the family way?• That young scut has put a fancy piece in the family way.
COLLOCATIONS – Meanings 1 & 2
adjectives
the whole family 全家人
We invited the whole family round.
我们把一家人都请了过来。
all the family 全家人
This is a game which all the family can enjoy.
这个游戏全家人都能玩。
somebody's immediate family (=closest relations) 某人的直系亲属
What if one of your immediate family were disabled?
要是你的某位直系亲属残疾了怎么办?
somebody's extended family (=including not only parents and children, but also grandparents, aunts etc) 某人的大家庭
She gets a lot of help from her extended family.
她从大家庭里获得了许多帮助。
a large/small family 大/小家庭
She came from a large family of seven children.
她来自一个有七个孩子的大家庭。
a one-parent/single-parent family 单亲家庭
nOne in seven families is a one-parent family.
the nuclear family (=a family consisting of a mother, a father, and their children) 核心家庭,小家庭
nNot everyone lives in a typical nuclear family.
close/close-knit family (=a family that spends a lot of time together and gives each other support) 关系亲密的一家人
nLaura's family are very close.
nthe Royal family (=the king or queen and their family)
The Royal Family have large estates in Scotland.
nthe Smith/Jones/Brown etc family
The Smith family are living in temporary accommodation.
family + NOUN
a family member/a member of the family 家庭成员
The event was attended by many of his family members, including his children and grandchildren.
这次活动他家里许多人都参加了,包括他的子女和孙辈。
somebody's family background 某人的家庭出身
He comes from a stable family background.
他家世雄厚。
a family history 家族史
Is there a family history of heart disease?
有心脏病家族史吗?
family life 家庭生活
Some people believe that television is destroying family life.
有人认为电视正在破坏家庭生活。
a family unit 家庭单位
nthe breakup of the traditional family unit
somebody's family home (=where someone's family live and where they lived as a child) 某人的老家
nHer family home is in a village outside Derry.
a family business (=one run by members of a family) 家族企业
nMy parents expected me to join the family business.
a family car (=one designed for families with children) 家庭用车
nIt's a practical family car that is also fun to drive.
a family holidayBritish EnglishBrE, a family vacationAmerican EnglishAmE: 家庭度假
nMost of our family holidays were spent in the south of France.
a family resemblance (=when members of the same family look like each other) 亲缘相似性
nThere's a strong family resemblance between all the sisters.
COMMON ERRORSDon't say 'my family is five', 'my family is five members/people', or 'my family is of five members/people'. Say there are five people in my family.
不要说'my family is five', 'my family is five members/people', 或'my family is of five members/people'. 而要说 there are five people in my family.
Examples from the Corpus
family• He comes from a family of eight children.• The following computations are based on both general assumptions about all families and specific assumptions about families at specific incomelevels.• tigers and other members of the catfamily• My extendedfamily usually gets together at holidays.• Until recently, all she and her family could do was wait and see.• Pearl is the last survivingmember of her family.• Her family came to America from Scotland in about 1750.• Only her immediatefamily knew she had heartdisease.• Secondly, in familyabuse, the history of the relationships may be of great significance in current abuse.• Various members of the Kennedy family were at the funeral.• Spanish and Italian are part of the Romance language family.• I grew up in a large family in the South.• Having an intactnuclearfamily does not guarantee that a child will turn out well.• Our family has lived around here for hundreds of years.• Single-parent families are much more common these days.• The cost of sendingkids to college - even for a small family - is extremely high.• Do you know the family next door?• And last but not least, the baby of the family.• A lot of the families living in this area are very poor.• Predictably they will tell the adviser that they can not rehouse all those families and perhaps the tenant can contact the police.• It is their village now, just as much as it was for the old village families.• The resort isn't really the place for people with young families.
runs in ... family• It's more of a case of maintaining form while others struggle, and it often runs in the family.• I told you, tiredness runs in the family.• Jimmy Souness, who was a school cleaner, had a history of heart disease which runs in the family.
bring up/raise a family• Dads that are bringing up familiessingle handedly shouldn't be forgotten either.• That meantmarrying, settling down, bringing up a family, thought Lily.• Bilijana, 26, was looking forward to bringing up a family in their comfortable Sarajevo home.• The sad fact is that on an averageclassroom teacher's salary it is impossible to bring up a family in London.• How the quite respectable people who lived under these conditionsmanaged to bring up families, I shall never know.• My grandfather had died early, so she was used to bringing up a family on her own.• We have found it to be the ideal way of combiningpursuit of a career in medicine with bringing up a family.
the cat/parrot/squirrel etc family• Most people opt for the furry friendliness of the cat family.• These markings are found on many of the cat family and are used for signalling their intentions and mood to others.
Originfamily
(1400-1500)familia“people living in a house”, from famulus“servant”
1group of people related to each other家庭;家族ADJECTIVE | VERB + FAMILY | FAMILY + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤big, large大家庭;大家族➤entire, whole全家◇a summer movie for the whole family一部供全家人一起觀看的夏季影片➤close, close-knit親密的/團結的家庭◇We are a very close-knit family and support each other through any crises.我們家非常團結,互相扶持渡過種種危機。➤happy, loving, supportive幸福的/充滿愛意的/互相扶持的家庭➤dysfunctional不健全的家庭◇The movie is a portrait of a dysfunctional family.這部影片講述了一個不健全家庭的故事。➤nuclear, traditional核心/傳統家庭◇the nuclear family of parents and children父母與子女組成的核心家庭➤average普通家庭▸➤immediate直系親屬◇We've only told the immediate family (= the closest relations).我們只告訴了直系親屬。➤extended(數代同堂的)大家庭◇It was difficult to maintain contact with members of his extended family.與他的大家庭成員保持聯繫很困難。➤lone-parent, one-parent, single-parent單親家庭◇the difficulties faced by one-parent families單親家庭面對的困難➤two-parent雙親家庭▸➤adoptive領養家庭◇They help find emotionally damaged children placements with adoptive families.他們幫助感情受到傷害的孩子找到領養他們的家庭。➤real真正的家庭▸➤patriarchal家長制的家庭➤military軍人家庭◇She grew up in a military family.她在一個軍人家庭中長大。➤working工人家庭▸➤middle-class, working-class, etc.中產階級、工薪階層等家庭➤low-income, middle-income低收入/中等收入家庭▸➤old歷史很久的家族▸➤aristocratic, imperial, noble, royal貴族家庭;帝王之家;高貴的家庭;王室➤powerful, prominent有權勢的/顯赫的家族▸➤affluent, landowning, rich, wealthy, well-to-do富足的/擁有地產的/富有的/殷富的/生活富裕的家庭▸➤poor貧困家庭◇tax incentives for low-income families對低收入家庭的減稅優惠➤homeless無家可歸的家庭▸➤bereaved喪親家庭◇a helpline set up to counsel bereaved families為喪親家庭提供咨詢的幫助熱線➤human人類◇the rights of all members of the human family人類所有成員享有的權利VERB + FAMILY➤belong to, be one of, be part of, come from屬於⋯家族;是家庭的一分子;是家庭的一部份;來自⋯家庭◇He belonged to an aristocratic family.他出身貴族。◇We all knew her so well that we felt she was almost part of the family.我們和她很熟識,覺得她幾乎就是我們家的一員。◇Many of our students come from poor families.我們的很多學生來自貧困家庭。➤marry into嫁入⋯家庭◇She married into a wealthy family.她嫁入豪門。➤run in在家族中遺傳◇a medical condition which runs in the family家族遺傳的疾病➤be in在家中◇This painting has been in our family for generations.這幅畫在我們家已傳了好幾代。FAMILY + NOUN➤background, history家庭背景;家族史◇Do you know anything about her family background?你知道她的家庭背景嗎?◇a family history of heart disease家族心臟病史➤tradition家族傳統◇In 1941 he carried on the family tradition and enlisted in the army.他繼承了家族傳統,於 1941 年參了軍。➤connections, relationships, ties家族聯繫/關係/淵源◇They prefer to stay in their home country because of family ties.因為家族關係,他們寧願待在國內。➤group, member家族群體;家庭成員➤friend世交;全家人的朋友▸➤life家庭生活▸➤business家族企業▸➤home家庭住宅▸➤commitments家庭義務◇The job wouldn't really fit in with my family commitments.這份工作與我應盡的家庭義務相衝突。➤income家庭收入▸➤doctor, physician (NAmE) 家庭醫生▸➤holiday, vacation (NAmE) 家人在一塊兒度的節日/假日▸➤feud家族世仇▸➤heirloom傳家寶▸➤motto家訓▸➤name (= surname)姓氏▸➤planning計劃生育PREPOSITION➤in a/the family在家庭中◇These problems occur in all families.所有家庭都有這些問題。➤within a/the family在家中◇issues which create conflict within the family導致家庭內部矛盾的問題PHRASES➤family and friends家人和朋友◇The support of family and friends is vital.家人和朋友的支持至關重要。➤a member of a family家庭成員family
noun²
2children子女ADJECTIVE | VERB + FAMILY | FAMILY + NOUNADJECTIVE➤large, small子女多;子女少▸➤young年幼子女◇parents with young families子女尚幼的父母VERB + FAMILY➤have有孩子◇I always wanted to have a large family.我一直想要有很多孩子。➤start要孩子◇They got married last year and plan to start a family (= have children) soon.他們去年結婚,打算很快就要孩子。➤bring up, raise撫養/養育子女◇It's a struggle to bring up a family on a low income.用微薄的收入撫養孩子很艱難。➤feed, support餵養/養育子女◇It is difficult for them to earn enough to feed their families.對他們而言,很難掙到足夠的錢養孩子。FAMILY + NOUN➤size家庭人口◇Average family size has decreased since the 19th century.19 世紀以來,家庭平均人口已經減少。➤man居家男人◇a good family man, completely devoted to his wife and kids全身心投入到妻兒身上的居家好男人
family noun ⇨family1 (a family of four)⇨family2 (the support of family and friends)⇨family3 (The painting has been in our family for generations.)⇨son (raise a family)family1
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a family of four四口之家the support of family and friends亲友的支持The painting has been in our family for generations.这幅画是我们家的传家宝。family ♦︎ household ♦︎ home ♦︎ houseThese are all words for the people who live together in the same building.这些词均表示住在一起的一家人、全家人。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a low-income / poor / high-income / wealthy / rich family / household / home◆a middle-class / working-class family / household / home◆a one-parent / single-parent family / household / home◆a large / big / small family / household◆a friendly / happy family / home / house◆an / the average family / household / home◆to come from a ...family / home◆to be one of the family / household◆family / household income◆sb's family / home life / background / situation◆a / the member / head of the family / household■family [countable + singular or plural verb] a group consisting of one or two parents and their children家,家庭(包括父母、子女)◆a family of four四口之家◆families with young children有小孩的家庭◆the other members of my family我家的其他成员◆All my family enjoy skiing.我们全家都喜欢滑雪。◆Almost every family in the country owns a television.这个国家几乎家家都有一台电视机。◆He's a friend of the family(= he is known and liked by the parents and the children).他是这一家人的朋友。◆Not everybody lives in the conventional nuclear family(= a family that consists of father, mother and children).并非每个人都生活在传统的父母加子女的核心家庭里。◆a family business / car家庭生意/用车■household [countable] all the people living together in a house, especially when considered as an economic unit(尤指作为经济单位的)一家人,家庭,同住一所房子的人◆Most households now own at least one car.大多数家庭现在至少有一辆汽车。◆House prices are rising, driven by the big increase in the number of single-person households.一人家庭数量大增,推动房价上涨。◆The average household pays 27p a day in water rates.普通家庭每天用水的开销是27便士。◆household bills / chores / goods家庭账单/杂务/用品NOTE辨析 Family or household?Members of a family are related to each other, but a member of a household could be sb who rents a room in the house, or sb who lives with the family and works for them, for example. Family emphasizes the individuals involved and is used to talk about who they are, what activities they like, how good the relationship is, etc. Household is often used in news reports and business writing, emphasizing the group as a unit, especially when referring to their position in society, the money they spend or earn, etc. * family中各成员间有亲属关系,但household的成员可能只是在房子里租一间屋,或与那家人同住并为其工作。family强调家庭中的个体,常用来表示他们是谁、喜欢什么样的活动、彼此间的关系如何等。household常用于新闻报道和商务写作中,强调一家一户这种单位,尤用以指作为群体的一家人的社会地位、花销或收入等。■home [countable] a family living together, and the way it behaves家庭◆They wanted to give the boy a secure and loving home.他们想给那男孩一个安全又充满爱的家。◆She comes from a broken home(= a family in which the parents are divorced or separated).她出身于一个破裂的家庭。◆She had never had a stable home life.她从未有过稳定的家庭生活。■house [singular] all the people in a house住在一所房子里的人;全家人◆Be quiet or you'll wake the whole house!安静点,别把全家人都吵醒!family2
noun
a family of four四口之家the support of family and friends亲友的支持The painting has been in our family for generations.这幅画是我们家的传家宝。family ♦︎ relative ♦︎ relation ♦︎ kin ♦︎ connectionsThese are all words for a person who is related to sb else, or a group of people who are related to each other.这些词均表示亲人、亲属。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a relative / relation of mine, yours, his, etc.◆(a) close / near / distant relative / relation / kin◆the / sb's immediate family / relatives / relations◆(a) female / male relative / relation / kin◆a living / surviving relative / relation◆to have family / relatives / relations (in Australia, abroad, in the car trade, etc.)◆to stay with / visit family / relatives / relations◆friends and family / relatives / relations■family [countable + singular or plural verb, uncountable] a group consisting of one or two parents, their children and other people who are related to them, for example grandparents, wives and husbands(大)家庭(包括父母、子女及近亲)◆All our family came to Grandad's eightieth birthday party.我们所有的亲属都来参加了祖父的八十寿宴。◆The support of family and friends is vital.亲友的支持极为重要。◆I always think of you as one of the family.我一直把你当成自家人。◆ (informal) She's family(= she is related to us).她是我们家的人。◆She grew up surrounded by a large extended family(= a family group that includes not only parents and children but also uncles, aunts, grandparents, etc.).她在一个大家族中长大。■relative [countable] a person who is in the same family as sb else; a thing that belongs to the same group as sth else亲戚;亲属;同类事物◆I have close relatives.我有近亲。◆She's looking after an elderly relative.她在照料一位年老的亲戚。◆The ibex is a distant relative of the mountain goat.北山羊与石山羊有较远的亲缘关系。▸related
adjective
◆We're distantly related.我们是远亲。◆The llama is related to the camel.美洲驼和骆驼是亲缘物种。■relation [countable] a person who is in the same family as sb else亲戚;亲属◆She's a distant relation of mine.她是我的一位远亲。◆He's called Brady too, but we're no relation(= not related).他也叫布雷迪,但我们不是亲戚。◆Is he any relation to you?他是你的什么亲戚吗?NOTE辨析 Relative or relation?Sometimes you can use either word.这两个词有时可通用◆She's a distant relative / relation of mine.她是我的一位远亲。Relative is often used when the exact relationship between the people is not known or does not matter.人们之间的确切关系不详或不重要时,常用relative◆On his death, the house will pass to the nearest surviving relative(= whichever relative that happens to be).他死后,房子将传给在世的最近亲。Relation is used especially when you are stating or asking the degree of relationship between people. * relation尤用于陈述或询问人们之间是何种程度的关系◆We're no relation.我们不是亲戚。◆What relation is Rita to you?丽塔是你的什么亲戚?It is also used, both literally and figuratively, in the phrase poor relation. * relation也用在短语poor relation中,有字面和比喻两层意思◆Our branch of the family was always regarded as the poor relations.我们家这一支总是被视为家族中的穷亲戚。◆ (figurative) He believes that interior design is the poor relation of(= inferior to) architecture.他认为室内设计的地位比不上建筑。■kin [plural] (old-fashionedorformal) your family or your relatives(统称)家属,亲属,亲戚◆Marriage between close kin is prohibited.禁止近亲结婚。◆I'm her next of kin(= her closest living relative).我是她的直系亲属。ⓘ Kin is most often used in the expression next of kin. * kin最常用于短语next of kin(直系亲属;最近亲)中。■connections [plural] people who are your relatives, but not members of your close family亲戚;旁系亲属◆She is British but also has German connections.她是英国人,但也有德国亲戚。◆He has a whole network of family connections in Italy.他在意大利有一整张亲属关系网。family3
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a family of four四口之家the support of family and friends亲友的支持The painting has been in our family for generations.这幅画是我们家的传家宝。➡ See also the entry for background另见background条family ♦︎ origin ♦︎ dynasty ♦︎ lineage ♦︎ blood ♦︎ descent ♦︎ ancestry ♦︎ birth ♦︎ pedigree ♦︎ roots ♦︎ parentageThese are words for all the people who are related to each other, including those who are dead.这些词均表示家族。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆by origin / descent / birth◆to be of noble, Scottish, etc. origin / lineage / blood / descent / ancestry / birth / pedigree / parentage◆ethnic / racial / social / cultural origin / descent / ancestry / pedigree / roots◆African, Scottish, Italian, etc. family / origin / lineage / blood / descent / ancestry / roots / parentage◆(of) humble / lowly family / origins / birth / roots◆(of) noble family / origins / lineage / blood / descent / ancestry / birth◆(of) unknown origin / descent / parentage◆middle-class / working-class / peasant family / origins / roots◆to trace your family / origin / lineage / ancestry / pedigree / roots■family [countable + singular or plural verb] all the people who are related to each other, including those who are now dead家族◆Some families have farmed in this area for hundreds of years.有些家族在这个地区务农有几百年了。◆This painting has been in our family for generations.这幅画是我们家的传家宝。◆How far back can you trace your family tree(= a diagram that shows the relationship between members of a family over a long period of time)?你的家谱可以追溯到多少代?◆Heart disease runs in the family.这个家庭很多人有心脏病。■origin [countable, uncountable] ( origins [plural]) a person's social and family background身世;出身◆children of various ethnic origins各族裔的儿童◆people of German origin德裔民众◆a person's country of origin(= where they were born)某人的出生国◆She has risen from humble origins to immense wealth.她出身卑微,终成巨富。 see also origin ⇨ source■dynasty ˈdɪnəsti; NAmEˈdaɪnəsti [countable] a series of rulers of a country who all belong to the same family; a period of years during which members of a particular family rule a country王朝;朝代;朝;代◆the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty尼赫鲁—甘地王朝◆a Ming dynasty vase一只明代花瓶◆Eventually the dynasty was overthrown, and the country became a Republic.王朝最终被推翻,该国成为共和国。▸dynasticdɪˈnæstɪk; NAmEdaɪˈnæstɪk
adjective
[usually before noun] ◆dynastic history王朝统治史■lineageˈlɪniɪdʒ [uncountable, countable] (formal) the series of families that sb is descended from, especially when these are families of high social position that go back a long way in history(尤指历史悠久、社会地位高的)世系,宗系,血统◆a French nobleman of ancient lineage出身于古老世家的法国贵族 see also line ⇨ series■blood [uncountable] (ratherformal) family origins血统;家世;出身◆She is of noble blood.她有贵族血统。◆There is some Polish blood on his father's side.他父亲一方有波兰血统。■descent dɪˈsent [uncountable] (ratherformal) family origins血统;家世;出身◆people of West Indian descent祖籍西印度群岛的民众◆He traces his line of descent from the Stuart kings.他的家族可追溯到斯图亚特王朝。■ancestry ˈænsestri [countable, usually singular, uncountable] (ratherformal) family origins血统;家世;出身◆His eyes owed their startling blueness to his Irish ancestry.爱尔兰祖先给了他一双碧蓝的眼睛。◆He was able to trace his ancestry back over 1 000 years.他可追祖溯宗至一千多年前。▸ancestor
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[countable] ◆His ancestors had come to America from Ireland.他的祖先从爱尔兰来到美国。◆a reptile that was the common ancestor of lizards and turtles作为蜥蜴和龟的共同始祖的一种爬行动物OPPdescendant ⇨ sonNOTE辨析 Blood, descent or ancestry?These are all rather formal ways of talking about sb's family origins. You trace your descent from sb, starting in the past and coming forward to the present; you trace your ancestry back to sb, starting with yourself and working back. Blood is used especially to emphasize either the high social position of sb's family, or the fact that sb is descended from a number of different families in different places.这些词均为描述某人的血统、家世颇为正式的用语。trace one's descent from sb指对家世的追溯,从过去开始直至现在;trace one's ancestry back to sb指从自己开始回溯至先祖。blood尤用以强调某人的家族社会地位崇高,或强调某人的血统源自不同地域的几个不同家族◆of noble blood有贵族血统◆of mixed Chinese and Portuguese blood华裔和葡萄牙裔混血◆some Polish blood on his father's side他父系的波兰血统■birth [uncountable] a person's origin or the social position of their family, especially when this is different from their current situation, or when they are of high social position(尤指与现在不同的或高贵的)出身,门第◆Anne was French by birth but lived most of her life in Italy.安妮在血统上是法国人,但大部分时间住在意大利。◆a woman of noble birth出身贵族的女子■pedigree ˈpedɪgriː [countable, uncountable] a person's family history or the background of sth, especially when this is impressive(尤指显赫的)家史,门第,世系◆She was proud of her long pedigree.她为自己源远流长的家世而自豪。◆The product has a pedigree going back to the last century.该产品的渊源可追溯到上个世纪。■roots [plural] the feelings or connections that you have with a place because you have lived there or your family came from there根(指与出生地或原籍相关的情感或联系)◆I'm proud of my African roots.我为我的非洲血统感到骄傲。◆After 20 years in America, I still feel my roots are in Ireland.尽管在美国生活了20年,我还是觉得我的根在爱尔兰。 see also root ⇨ source■parentageˈpeərəntɪdʒ; NAmEˈperəntɪdʒ [uncountable] the origin of a person's parents and who they are出身;世系;家世◆a young American of German parentage一个年轻的德裔美国人◆Nothing is known about her parentage and background.她的家世和来历不明。