- [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） I introduced Neil to the other members of my family. 我把尼尔介绍给了我家的其他成员。 The event promises games and fun for the entire family. 该活动承诺为整个家庭提供游戏和乐趣。 This is a summer movie for the whole family. 这是一部适合全家人的夏季电影。 Every family has its own story to tell. 每个家庭都有自己的故事要讲。 All my family enjoy skiing. 我们全家都喜欢滑雪。 one-parent/single-parent families 单亲家庭 - a family of four/five, etc
Taking a family of four to the cinema is expensive. 带四口之家去看电影很贵。 families with young children 有小孩的家庭 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。 From early childhood he was a mystery to the rest of his family. 从小到大，他对他的家人来说都是个谜。 He barely earns enough money to pay his rent and feed his family. 他挣的钱只够付房租和养家糊口。 She works tirelessly to provide for her family. 她孜孜不倦地工作以养家糊口。
Extra ExamplesTopics Family and relationshipsa1, Life stagesa1They help find emotionally damaged children placements with adoptive families. 他们帮助感情受到伤害的孩子找到领养他们的家庭。 It is difficult for them to earn enough to feed their families. 对他们而言，很难挣到足够的钱养孩子。 issues which create conflict within the family 导致家庭内部矛盾的问题 tax incentives for low-income families 对低收入家庭的减税优惠 Many of our students come from poor families. 我们的很多学生来自贫困家庭。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- large
- entire
- …
- belong to
- be one of
- be part of
- …
- background
- history
- tradition
- …
- in a/the family
- within a/the family
- family and friends
- a member of a family
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a group consisting of one or two parents, their children and close relations （大）家庭（包括父母子女及近亲）；亲属 All our family came to Grandad's eightieth birthday party. 我们所有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。 We've only told the immediate family (= the closest relations). 我们只告诉了直系亲属。 the royal family (= the children and close relations of the king or queen) 王室 I always think of you as one of the family. 我一直把你当成自家人。 - in a family
There are a lot of girls in our family. 我们家有很多女孩。 - outside a family
Nobody outside his family knew that he had a daughter. 他家以外没有人知道他有一个女儿。 We all knew her so well that we felt she was almost part of the family. 我们和她很熟识，觉得她几乎就是我们家的一员。 - (informal)
She's family (= she is a relation). 她是我们家的人。 We have family in France. 我们在法国有家人。
Extra ExamplesTopics Family and relationshipsa1We are a very close-knit family and support each other through any crises. 我们家非常团结，互相扶持渡过种种危机。 a helpline set up to counsel bereaved families 为丧亲家庭提供咨询的帮助热线 a counselling agency to help bereaved families 帮助丧亲家庭的辅导机构 These problems occur in all families. 所有家庭都有这些问题。 She grew up in a military family. 她在一个军人家庭中长大。 She married into a wealthy family. 她嫁入豪门。 The movie is a portrait of a dysfunctional family. 这部影片讲述了一个不健全家庭的故事。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- large
- entire
- …
- belong to
- be one of
- be part of
- …
- background
- history
- tradition
- …
- in a/the family
- within a/the family
- family and friends
- a member of a family
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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。 He belonged to an aristocratic family. 他出身贵族。 She has Muslim heritage on her father's side of the family. 她父亲一方有穆斯林血统。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- large
- entire
- …
- belong to
- be one of
- be part of
- …
- background
- history
- tradition
- …
- in a/the family
- within a/the family
- family and friends
- a member of a family
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a couple’s or a person’s children, especially young children 子女；（尤指）年幼子女 They have a large family. 他们的子女成群。 I addressed it to Mr and Mrs Jones and family. 我以此致琼斯伉俪及子女。 Do they plan to start a family (= have children)? 他们打算生孩子吗？ This is a wonderful place to raise a family. 这里是安家的理想之地。 She brought up a family of six children on her own. 她独自抚养了一个有六个孩子的家庭。 She chose to stop work to have a family. 她选择停止工作来组建家庭。
Collocations ChildrenChildren 孩子 Having a baby/child 怀孕 - want a baby/a child/kids
想要孩子 - start a family
生孩子 - conceive/be expecting/be going to have a baby/child
怀孕 - miss your period
月经未按期来 - become/get/be/find out that you are pregnant
怀孕了；发现怀孕了 - have a baby/a child/kids/a son/a daughter/twins/a family
有一个宝宝／一个孩子／孩子／一个儿子／一个女儿／一对双胞胎／孩子 - have a normal/a difficult/an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/a difficult/a home birth
正常／历经艰难／意外怀孕；顺产；难产；在家中分娩 - be in/go into/induce labour (especially US English) labor
分娩；催产 - have/suffer/cause a miscarriage
流产；引起流产 - give birth to a child/baby/daughter/son/twins
生了一个孩子／一个宝宝／一个女儿／一个儿子／一对双胞胎
Parenting 养育；抚养；教养 - bring up/ (especially North American English) raise a child/family
抚养孩子 - care for/ (especially British English) look after a baby/child/kid
照顾小孩 - change (British English) a nappy/(North American English) a diaper/a baby
换尿布；给婴儿换尿布 - feed/breastfeed/bottle-feed a baby
喂孩子；给孩子哺乳；用奶瓶喂养孩子 - be entitled to/go on maternity/paternity leave
有权利休／正在休产假／陪产假 - go back/return to work after maternity leave
产假后回到工作岗位 - need/find/get a babysitter/good quality affordable childcare
需要／找到一个临时保姆／负担得起的高质量儿童保育 - balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family life
平衡／兼顾工作与照顾小孩／抚养小孩／家庭生活 - educate/teach/home-school a child/kid
教育孩子；给孩子家庭教育 - punish/discipline/spoil a child/kid
惩罚／管教／娇惯孩子 - adopt a baby/child/kid
收养小孩 - offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption
把小孩给人收养 - (especially British English) foster a child/kid
代养小孩 - be placed with/be raised by foster parents
被交给寄养父母；由寄养父母抚养
Extra ExamplesThey got married last year and plan to start a family soon. 他们去年结了婚，而且计划马上要孩子。 Average family size has decreased since the Victorian era. 自从维多利亚时代以来，家庭平均人口已经减少。 parents with young families 子女尚幼的父母 I always wanted to have a large family. 我一直希望儿女成群。 It's a struggle to bring up a family on a low income. 用微薄的收入抚养孩子很艰难。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- small
- young
- …
- have
- start
- bring up
- …
- size
- man
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a group into which animals, plants, etc. that have similar characteristics are divided, smaller than an order and larger than a genus 家族： 将具有相似特征的动植物等分为一组，小于一个等级，大于一个属Lions belong to the cat family. 狮属于猫科。 This bird is a member of the crow family. 这只鸟是乌鸦家族的一员。 - family of something
Orchids are the largest family of flowering plants. 兰花是开花植物中最大的一科。
a group of related languages （动植物）科；（尤指语言）语族 the Germanic family of languages 日耳曼语族
Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (3); also denoting the servants of a household or the retinue of a nobleman): from Latin familia ‘household servants, family’, from famulus ‘servant’.