households是什么意思？

households

英['haʊshəʊldz] 美['haʊshoʊldz]

• n. 同住在一所房子里的人，一家人，户( household的名词复数 )；

例句

• Only a minority of British households do not have a car. 英国只有少数家庭没有汽车。
• The whole households were up early. 全家人都起得很早。
• Because the midwives feared God, He established households for them. 出1:21收生婆因为敬畏神 、 神便叫他们成立家室.
• Just 26 per cent of households are married couples with dependent children. 只有26%的家庭是有孩子要扶养的已婚夫妇。
• More than half of all households report incomes above £35,000. 半数以上的家庭申报收入超过35,000英镑。
• In 1990, 25% of households were of this type. 1990年，25%的家庭属于这种类型。
• Many households have dispensed with their old-fashioned vinyl turntable. 很多家庭都将老式的黑胶唱机束之高阁了。
• Other households had found her too talkative and too opinionated, forever giving pelf mysterious airs. 在别处,有人嫌她太张道, 主意多,时常有些神眉鬼道儿的.
• Suffering households and companies are more likely to repatriate overseas investments. 遭遇困难的家庭和企业更有可能撤回海外投资.
• Only a third of these households thought it reasonable to meter water. 这些家庭当中只有三分之一认为用水表计量是合理的。

英语四级真题

It is reported that 49 million Americans are unsure of where they will find their next meal What's most surprising is that 36% of them live in households where at least one adult is working.
出自-2012年6月阅读原文

英语六级真题

For the moment, American households actually are doing so.
出自-2012年12月阅读原文
By running constant deficits, it is dis-saving, even as households save more
出自-2012年12月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  家庭;一家人;同住一幢房子的人
  A household is all the people in a family or group who live together in a house.
  例句
  ...growing up in a male-only household... 在一个只有男性的家庭里长大 Many poor households are experiencing real hardship. 很多贫穷家庭正经历严重的困难。
• N-SING
  家;家务
  The household is your home and everything that is connected with looking after it.
  例句
  My husband gave me cash to manage the household, but none of it was ever my own. 丈夫给我钱来持家，但这些钱一毫一厘都不属于我。 ...household chores. 家务杂活
• ADJ
  家喻户晓的;众人皆知的
  Someone or something that is a household name or word is very well known.
  例句
  Today, fashion designers are household names... 今天，时装设计师是家喻户晓的人物。 My agent told me, 'This'll make your name a household word.' 我的经纪人告诉我：“这将使你一举成名。”
• ADJ
  （用于王室警卫队名称中）皇家的
  Household is used in the names of groups of soldiers who have the job of protecting a king or queen and their family.
  例句
  ...the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment. 皇家骑兵团