provide childcare (for sb)
provide childcare 是常见搭配,childcare 在此指服务,通常不可数。
The company provides childcare for its employees' children.
该公司为员工的子女提供儿童保育服务。
儿童照管;儿童保育
childcares — plural of childcare
监督和照顾幼儿的行为、实践或职业;照料他人儿童的服务;幼儿在离开父母或监护人期间被照看的地方
the service or activity of caring for other people's children
监督和照顾幼儿的行为、实践或职业
The act, practice, or occupation of supervising and taking care of young children.
照料他人儿童的服务
a service involving care for other people's children
幼儿在离开父母或监护人期间被照看的地方
A place where young children are supervised while away from their parents or guardians.
Many working parents need affordable childcare near their office.
许多在职父母需要办公室附近负担得起的儿童照管服务。
用法提示:childcare 作名词,意为‘儿童照管服务’,在本句中作 need 的宾语。
The company provides free childcare for employees who work late shifts.
公司为值晚班的员工提供免费的儿童照管服务。
用法提示:childcare 作名词,在句中作 provides 的宾语,指公司提供的儿童照管服务。
She quit her job because the cost of full-time childcare was too high.
她辞了工作,因为全职儿童保育的费用太高了。
用法提示:childcare 作名词,在介词 of 后作宾语,表示‘儿童保育’这项服务。
provide childcare 是常见搭配,childcare 在此指服务,通常不可数。
The company provides childcare for its employees' children.
该公司为员工的子女提供儿童保育服务。
childcare 可作定语修饰名词,如 childcare centre(儿童保育中心)、childcare costs(儿童保育费用)。
More childcare facilities are needed in this area.
这个地区需要更多的儿童保育设施。
介词 for 后接需要照看的人或年龄段,如 childcare for toddlers(幼儿保育)。
She is looking for childcare for her twins.
她正在为她的双胞胎寻找儿童保育服务。
多指在托儿机构进行的白天照管,偏向设施与日托服务;childcare 范围更广,可含家庭私人照管。
通常指一两小时到晚上的临时照看,较口语、非正式;不含长期托育或机构日托的含义。
英式英语,指照管者在自己家中为别家看护儿童,通常为固定、有登记的小型服务;美式英语较少用。
grammar · medium
易错句子I need to find a childcare for my daughter.
正确表达I need to find childcare for my daughter.
childcare 是不可数名词,前面不能加 a;去掉 a 后表示“为女儿找儿童保育服务”,符合英语搭配。
grammar · medium
易错句子I childcare my son while my wife works.
正确表达I take care of my son while my wife works.
childcare 是名词,不是动词;要表达“照看孩子”应使用动词短语 take care of / look after,因此不能用 childcare 作谓语。
grammar · medium
易错句子She works as a childcare.
正确表达She works in childcare.
childcare 是不可数名词,指“保育工作/服务”,不能与 as a 搭配;表示“从事保育工作”要说 work in childcare,若指职业可说 She works as a childcare worker。
childcare 指照管他人儿童的服务;neglect 指未尽到照管责任,是其在“照管”意义上的对立面,但不是一种服务。
daycare 专指白天在托儿机构接受的照管,常按天计费;childcare 含义更广,涵盖任何他人对儿童的照管服务。
babysitting 指短时间、临时的照看(常在晚上),按小时计酬;childcare 指更正式、长期或全面的儿童照管服务。
nanny 指照看孩子的人,而 childcare 指照管服务本身;常用结构 a nanny(一个人)与 childcare(一项服务)不同。
儿童保育服务提供者
She works as a childcare provider in a local nursery.
她在一家本地托儿所担任儿童保育员。
儿童保育费用
Childcare costs have risen sharply in recent years.
近年来儿童保育费用急剧上涨。
儿童保育设施
The company offers on-site childcare facilities for employees.
公司为员工提供现场儿童保育设施。
儿童保育安排
Parents need to make childcare arrangements before going back to work.
父母在重返工作前需要做好儿童保育安排。
儿童保育中心
The new childcare center accepts children from six months old.
新的儿童保育中心接收六个月以上的儿童。
Compound of child (儿童) + care (照管). No prefix or suffix. Related words sharing the same roots: childhood, childless, childlike; careful, careless, carefree, daycare.
提供儿童照管的场所。
照看儿童的人。
针对幼儿的教育照护机构。
负责照管儿童的人。
照顾和抚养孩子的过程。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.
儿童保育服务
The government provides childcare services for low-income families.
政府为低收入家庭提供儿童保育服务。