Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #200
family
家庭，家人
a group of people related to each other, usually consisting of parents and children
常指父母和孩子
- 1.
A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
一群有血缘、婚姻或收养关系的人,尤其是一对父母和他们的孩子；直系家庭。
- 2.
a social unit living together
共同生活的社会单位
- 3.
An extended family: a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.
大家庭:通过血缘或婚姻关系联系在一起的一群人。
- 4.
primary social group; parents and children
主要社会群体；父母和孩子
- 5.
A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children.
核心家庭:已婚并共同生活的父母及其子女。
- 6.
a collection of things sharing a common attribute
共享共同属性的事物集合
- 7.
Members of one's family collectively.
家庭成员的总称。
- 8.
A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.
通过血缘、友谊、婚姻、法律或习俗联系在一起的(紧密)群体,尤其是共同生活或工作的群体。
- 9.
Lineage, especially honorable or noble lineage.
家族,尤其是显赫或高贵的家族。
- 10.
Any group or aggregation of things classed together as kindred or related from possessing in common characteristics which distinguish them from other things of the same order.
具有共同特征而被归类为同类或相关的任何事物群体或集合。
家族，亲属；子女，孩子；一群有血缘、婚姻或收养关系的人,尤其是一对父母和他们的孩子；直系家庭。；共同生活的社会单位；大家庭:通过血缘或婚姻关系联系在一起的一群人。
In use
My family gets together for dinner every Sunday.
She comes from a large family with five siblings.
Many families celebrate holidays with special traditions.
he moved his family to Virginia
he wanted to have a good job before starting a family
a family of [number]
用于说明家庭成员数量。
They have a family of five.
他们有一个五口之家。
start a family
指开始生育孩子。
They plan to start a family next year.
他们计划明年要孩子。
Connections
Collocations
- family members
- 家庭成员
- All family members are expected to attend the reunion.所有家庭成员都应参加团聚。
- start a family
- 组建家庭（生儿育女）
- They decided to start a family after getting married.他们结婚后决定生儿育女。
- family business
- 家族企业
- He inherited the family business from his father.他从父亲那里继承了家族企业。
- family values
- 家庭价值观
- The politician spoke about the importance of family values.这位政治家谈到了家庭价值观的重要性。
- family reunion
- 家庭团聚
- We have a big family reunion every summer.我们每年夏天都会举行一次大型家庭团聚。
- family tree
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把family拆成Father And Mother I Love You的首字母，意为“父母，我爱你们”，记住“家”就是有父母的爱。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：家庭生活、日常对话 此义项常用于家庭和亲属相关语境，语体中性。
Grammar Note
可数名词，常用单数形式指家庭整体，复数形式指多个家庭。
Pronunciation & Spelling
None of these words rhyme with family; they share only a similar spelling ending (-ly or -ily), but their stressed vowels differ from /ˈfɛm(ə)li/.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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