名 family,household,home,a person or family engaged in a certain trade;代 (谦辞, 用于对别人称自己的辈分高或年纪大的亲属) my;形 domestic,tame,internal;量 (用在某些名词后面, 表示属于那一类人);
[例句] 他的目的地是乔伯姆公地,那里和他在科茨沃尔德的家离得很远。 His destination was Chobham Common, a long way from his Cotswold home.
[例句] 他的房子是我儿时唯一固定的家。 His house was the only settled home I had as a child.
specialist,expert,proficient,mavin,savant ;
[例句] 专家们认为目前通货膨胀加剧有多种原因。 Specialists see various reasons for the recent surge in inflation.
[例句] 但法律专家们不能肯定这一指控是否成立。 But legal experts are not sure if such a charge can stick.
country,state,nation,body politic,nationality ;
[例句] 为了阻止这类有害动物进入,他们已经耗资300万美元在国家公园周边建造围栏。 They have spent $3 million building fences around the National Park to exclude such pests.
[例句] 国家银行也将买下240亿美金的资产. State Bank will also purchase $ 2.4 billion of the assets.
domestic animal,farm livestock,livestock,cattle,critter ;
[例句] 他们约在七年之前将这家畜去势. They had the animal neutered some seven years back.
[例句] 他们饲养家畜, 例如山羊和牛. They keep animals, e . g . goats and cattle.
family,household,home,fireside,hearthside;
[例句] 家庭价值观突然变得重要起来。 Family values are suddenly the name of the game.
[例句] 家庭疗法指导我们彼此之间的沟通交流。 Family therapy showed us how to communicate with each other.
fowl,domestic bird,domestic fowl,poultry ;
[例句] 多数饲养家禽的农场主不得不依赖商业化生产的饲料。 Most poultry farmers have to rely on commercially manufactured feeds.
[例句] 家禽身上发现的污染物,在禽蛋里也会有。 Contaminants found in poultry will also be found in their eggs.
clan,family,house,household,kin;
[例句] 现今的有机葡萄酒生产商一般是注重品质的小型家族企业. Today's organic wine producer is typically a small, quality-conscious family concern.
[例句] 久居此地的居民和根基稳固的家族牢牢掌控着权力。 The old-timers and established families clutched the reins of power.
furniture,furnishings,fitment,encoignure;
[例句] 买价钱经济的家具并不意味着就要牺牲质量和样式。 Buying budget-priced furniture needn't mean compromising on quality or style.
[例句] 房子里摆满了昂贵的家具和艺术品。 The house is crammed with priceless furniture and works of art.
hometown,homeplace,native place,home ;
[例句] 流亡者被切断了与家乡的所有联系。 The exiles had been cut off from all contact with their homeland.
[例句] 总统坐火车回到了他的家乡。 The president traveled by rail to his home town.
expert,connoisseur,cognoscente,mavin,operator;
[例句] 7年的战争过后,这些家伙都成了作战行家。 These chaps know their stuff after seven years of war.
[例句] 中尉,做这些事情我是新手,你是行家。 I'm a novice at these things, Lieutenant. You're the professional.
great master,authority,all,everybody ;
[例句] 战争让大家充满仇恨并相互指责。 The war sweeps up everyone in hatred and recrimination.
[例句] 我们感到大家生活的精神层次各不相同。 We felt we were living life on several different planes.
writer,a man of letters,author,composer,pen ;
[例句] 它用讽刺的语言呈现了天主教作家郑重其事表明的观点。 It presented in satirical terms points made in earnest by Catholic writers.
[例句] 她头脑相当灵光,是个非常棒的作家。 She has a first-class brain and is a damned good writer.
move house,move,make a move,remove,[电影]Ohikkoshi;
[例句] 如果这个公司要搬迁,多数员工也要搬家。 If the company was to relocate, most employees would move.
[例句] 我家人住在约克郡,他们不打算搬家。 My family home is in York-shire and they don't want to move.
peasant family,farmhouse ;
[例句] 这农家庭院静悄悄的, 只有几只鸡在四处扒食. The farmyard was quiet, with just a few chickens scratching about.
[例句] 这个农家院三面都有楼房,遮得很严实. The farmyard was snugly sheltered with buildings on three sides.
household duties,house-hold,housework,menage ;
[例句] 他和一位帮他料理家务的姑妈住在一起。 He lives with an aunt who keeps house for him.
[例句] 做家务真的会让人大汗淋漓。 You can really work up a sweat doing housework.
the head of a family [household],patriarch,the parent or guardian of a child,genearch,householder ;
[例句] 其中一位家长极为惹人厌,没人喜欢他。 One of the parents was a most obnoxious character. No-one liked him.
[例句] 这整个地方就是那位家长式乡绅的浪漫想象。 The whole place was the romantic vision of the paternalist local squire.
family members,(family) dependents,relation,sib ;
[例句] 这些公共汽车将载着家属北上去探监。 These buses will carry families upstate to visit relatives in prison.
[例句] 尽管矿井的安全状况有了很大改善,矿工的家属仍然害怕最糟的情况会发生。 Though mine safety has much improved, miners' families still fear the worst.
household,(家庭) family,(未来的丈夫家) fiancé's family;
[例句] 在伦敦,你能看到许多人家的大门上都装有饰钉。 You see studs on lots of London front doors.
[例句] 有30户人家因为失业而正在经受煎熬。 30 families are suffering 'cause they're out of work.
capitalist ;
[例句] 他们认为,只有私人资本家才能重振波兰经济。 They argue that only private capitalists can remake Poland's economy.
[例句] 工人们为资本家卖命. The workers worked themselves to the bone for the capitalists.
tool,utensil,fellow,guy,chap ;
[例句] 7年的战争过后,这些家伙都成了作战行家。 These chaps know their stuff after seven years of war.
[例句] 这个叫杰克·史密斯的家伙是不是还有个名字叫杰凯尔? This guy, Jack Smith, does he go by the name of Jackal?