father or mother
"raise a family"
"bring up children"
Most of her childhood meals were eaten with Granny and not with her parents.
出自: C. Tomalin
误 His parent live in Hong Kong.
正 His parents live in Hong Kong.
析 parent作为单数名词,只指父母中的一个,当表示“双亲”时,要用parents。
误 Our teachers treat us parently.
正 Our teachers treat us as kindly as our parents.
析 有少数名词可以加-ly构成形容词,如 friendly, fatherly, motherly, comradely等,但parently不能这样用。