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birth parents N

societal parents [səˈsaıətəl...] N

parent [ˈpeərənt] N

biological parent N

lone parent N

parent company N

single parent N

solo parent N

step-parent N

surrogate parent N

one-parent family N

single parent family N

Usage examples with parents

foster parents
养父母
Dedicated to my parents.
谨以此书献给父母。
provide for one's aging parents
赡养年老的父母
Don't neglect writing to your parents.
别忘了给你父母写信。
His behavior brought shame upon his parents.
他的行为使他的父母蒙受耻辱。
Do you often hear from your parents?
你常收到你父母的来信吗？
A child is dependent on its parents.
小孩靠父母抚养。
The parents learned of their daughter's success only yesterday.
父母昨天才得知女儿成功的消息。
Her parents coerced her into marrying that rich man.
她父母强迫她嫁给那个富人。
He drained his parents of every cent they had.
他把父母的钱刮得分文不剩。
Parents should not be partial to any of their children.
做父母的不应该偏袒任何一个孩子。
You'd better phone home, otherwise your parents will worry about you.
你最好打个电话回家，否则你父母会为你担心的。

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
He is later forced to repeatedly lie to her parents at breakfast the following morning.
en.wikipedia.org
It is also good for parents of young children because the water doesn't get much deeper than knee-deep along the shore.
en.wikipedia.org
The school, in turn, has sought legal advice on whether it can boot out certain students as a way of severing relations with parents it doesn't like.
www.theglobeandmail.com
Hunter is able to take a stand against the accusations leveled against him by the parents at the meeting.
en.wikipedia.org
Where her parents are serene individuals, so my niece is an amusingly obstreperous, girl-power changeling, doomed to be likened to her aunt.
www.telegraph.co.uk
Decorated with pillars, the building houses a reception area that hosts parents of prospective students.
en.wikipedia.org
His parents love him, but are at their wits end with his mischief, and are seriously considering enrolling him in military school.
en.wikipedia.org
He had a learner's permit, and his parents trusted him enough to let him be alone at home by himself after school.
www.slate.com
The students were a group of twentysomethings with a few parents at the periphery.
www.theglobeandmail.com
Children of church members were attending college, only to reject the faith of their parents.
en.wikipedia.org

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