n.家庭；亲属；家族；子女；[生]科；语族；[化]族

adj.家庭的；家族的；适合于全家的

There are five people in my family. 我家里有五口人。

He was born in a wealthy family. 他出生在一个富裕的家庭。

He had to work hard to support his family. 他不得不努力工作来养家。

All our family came to Grandad's eightieth birthday party. 我们所有的亲属都来参加了祖父八十寿宴。

She has a large family on her hands. 她有许多子女需要照顾。

Give my regards to Mr and Mrs Jones and family. 代我向琼斯夫妇及其子女问好.

The tiger is a representative of the cat family. 老虎是猫科动物的典型。

These languages belong to the Latin family. 这些语言都是属于拉丁语族的。

English is a branch of the Germanic family of languages. 英语是日耳曼语系的一个分支。

Quarrels are a normal part of family life. 争吵是家庭生活正常的一部分。

She works in the family business. 她在家族的企业工作。

They rented a three-bedroom family home with a pool. 他们租住了一个带有三间卧室和一个游泳池,适合全家人居住的房子。

family的意思是“家庭”,指“家庭全体成员”时,为集合名词,作主语时,谓语动词要用复数形式。作为“家庭整体”看待时,谓语动词要用单数形式。谓语动词无论是单数形式还是复数形式, family都应该用复数代词指代。

family有时可作“子女,孩子”解,此时不含父母,是单数名词,但可与不定冠词a或an连用。

family作先行词时,其关系代词可用who,也可用which。如表示家庭成员,则一般用who;如表示家庭整体,则一般用which。

family表示“家属”时,不包括本人。