grandchildren
plural ofgrandchild
| 单词 | grandchildren |
| 释义 | grandchildren plural ofgrandchild Examplesofgrandchildrengrandchildren Most contact with adultgrandchildrentends to be by telephone or letter. From theCambridge English Corpus Whilst the dependency burden from unmarried children decreased with parental age, surrogate parenthood ofgrandchildrenshowed no appreciable decline with age. From theCambridge English Corpus Perhaps surprisingly, the authors found that only one-quarter of the respondents felt that caring forgrandchildrenwas either very or extremely stressful. From theCambridge English Corpus Some respondents enjoyed holidays with theirgrandchildrenand others liked to have them staying at their homes. From theCambridge English Corpus These grandmothers enjoyed the help provided by and the company of their daughters andgrandchildren. From theCambridge English Corpus Yet there is strong evidence that focusing took place only in the third generation (thegrandchildrenof the migrants). From theCambridge English Corpus More positively, many older people have important household tasks, especially in the care ofgrandchildrenand orphans. From theCambridge English Corpus Factors associated with changes in visiting between grandmothers andgrandchildrenfollowing an adult child's marriage breakdown. From theCambridge English Corpus Towards theirgrandchildren, they wanted to project the image of sweetness and caring traditionally associated with grandmothers. From theCambridge English Corpus For example, for someone whose life revolves aroundgrandchildren, the role of grandparent can be conserved despite severe physical disabilities. From theCambridge English Corpus Grandparenting is diverse, viewed differently by grandparents, parents andgrandchildren. From theCambridge English Corpus Respondents provided information about the presence of children, children-in-law,grandchildren, siblings, siblings-in-law, other relatives, friends, colleagues, neighbours, members of organisations and other acquaintances. From theCambridge English Corpus We talk about our children's lives and how naughty ourgrandchildrenare. From theCambridge English Corpus None mentionedgrandchildrenas sources of instrumental help or emotional support. From theCambridge English Corpus During this period,grandchildrenwere younger and many could only visit with their parents. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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