中文翻译与英英解释

n.
1.家，家庭；〔集合词〕家庭成员，家属，子女；亲属。
2.氏族，家族，亲族。
3.〔美国〕阁员，(特指国务部的)同僚；派别。
4.门第，家系；〔英国〕门阀，名门。
5.人种，种族，民族。
6.系；族；科；【语言学】语族。
7.〔美俚〕(黑手党等犯罪集团的)行动小组。
短语和例子
His family is an old one. 他的家庭是一个旧式家庭。 My family are all well. 我全家都好。 the President 's official family 〔美国〕总统的全体阁僚。 the Indo-European family 印欧语族。 the Teutonic family 条顿民族。 the chromium family 【化学】铬族。 the Kantian family 康德学派。 the cat family 【动物；动物学】猫科。 a happy family 1. 幸福家庭。 2. 相安无事处于同一牢笼的不同类动物。 in a family way 1. 像家人一样随便，不拘形式地。 2. 怀孕。 in the family way 〔美国〕怀孕。 of (good) family 出身门第很高的。 run in the family (性格特征等)为一家所共有，世代相传 (A gift for music runs in that family . 那一家人人有音乐天才)。
adj.
家庭的，家族的。 a family likeness 亲属之间的相似，隐约的相似。

primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family"
同义词：family unit,

people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
同义词：family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry,

a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents"
同义词：class, category,

a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"
同义词：household, house, home, menage,

(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"

an association of people who share common beliefs or activities; "the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family"; "the church welcomed new members into its fellowship"
同义词：fellowship,

a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
同义词：syndicate, crime syndicate, mob,

a person having kinship with another or others; "he''s kin"; "he''s family"
同义词：kin, kinsperson,

In human context, a family (from ) is a group of people affiliated by consanguinity, affinity, or co-residence. In most societies it is the principal institution for the socialization of children.

例句与用法

Her family had of late exceedingly fluctuated .
她家里最近连起风波。

You can bet the family jewels on it .
你可以用全部值钱的家当来打赌。

Don't be nervous, just the immediate family .
不要紧张，都是自己人。

He was adopted into a respectable family .
他被一家有声望的人家收养。

Every family in our village has grain to spare .
我们村没一家没余粮。

He died with his family all around him .
他临终时全家人都守在身旁。

The condition of her family was not improving ..
她的家境仍无转机。

News of his death was cabled to his family .
他的死讯被电告他的家属。

Your own family might in time relent .
你自己的家庭总有一天会变温和。

There are so many poor branches of my family .
我家那头有许多穷亲戚。