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词汇 fatherless
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Definition of fatherless in English:

fatherless

adjective ˈfɑːðələsˈfɑðərləs
  • Having no father because he is dead or absent from the home.

    at thirty-eight, she was left with six fatherless children
    children growing up in fatherless households
    Example sentencesExamples
    • At thirty-eight, she was left with six fatherless children.
    • In the wake of the tragedy, 17 children were left fatherless.
    • Here the student, also fatherless, teaches his mentor about loss.
    • The artist was born in this red-light district, the fatherless son of a sex worker.
    • Have we made marriage less attractive to men by pretending that men are expendable, that fatherless families are just "alternative family forms?"
    • The precipitous rise in fatherless households has finally begun to level off.
    • So from one day to the next we found ourselves both fatherless and motherless.
    • The orphanage alludes to the consequences of war, in which children are left fatherless/parentless.
    • Studies of young criminals have found that more than 70% of all juveniles in state reform institutions come from fatherless homes.
    • She told how she was overjoyed when a House of Lords hearing changed the law that on paper made her daughter fatherless.

Derivatives

  • fatherlessness

  • nounˈfɑːðələsnəsˈfɑðərləsnəs
    mass noun
    • The state of having no father because he is dead or absent from the home.

      the effects of fatherlessness on children
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He describes the sociological evidence delineating the impact of fatherlessness upon children.
      • They are part of a nationwide campaign to reduce fatherlessness in this community.
      • The country has the dubious record of being the leader in fatherlessness in the Western World.

Definition of fatherless in US English:

fatherless

adjectiveˈfäT͟Hərləsˈfɑðərləs
  • Having no father because he is dead or absent from the home.

    at thirty-eight, she was left with six fatherless children
    children growing up in fatherless households
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Studies of young criminals have found that more than 70% of all juveniles in state reform institutions come from fatherless homes.
    • The orphanage alludes to the consequences of war, in which children are left fatherless/parentless.
    • Here the student, also fatherless, teaches his mentor about loss.
    • Have we made marriage less attractive to men by pretending that men are expendable, that fatherless families are just "alternative family forms?"
    • So from one day to the next we found ourselves both fatherless and motherless.
    • At thirty-eight, she was left with six fatherless children.
    • In the wake of the tragedy, 17 children were left fatherless.
    • She told how she was overjoyed when a House of Lords hearing changed the law that on paper made her daughter fatherless.
    • The artist was born in this red-light district, the fatherless son of a sex worker.
    • The precipitous rise in fatherless households has finally begun to level off.
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