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单词 household
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household
noun[C,+ sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˈhaʊs.həʊld/us
/ˈhaʊs.hoʊld/
B2
agroupofpeople, often afamily, wholivetogether:
一家人，一户，家庭
By the 1960s, most households had a TV.到20世纪60年代，绝大多数家庭都拥有了电视。
householdchores家务
householdexpenses家庭开支
householdwaste家庭垃圾
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family
homenoun
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  • Theinsurancedoesn'tcoveryou for householditems.
  • I do all my householdaccountsoncomputer.
  • No householdsecuritydevicesareproofagainst thedeterminedburglar.
  • Britainproduces20 milliontonsof householdwasteeachyear.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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  • biologically
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  • fatherhood
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  • kinswoman
  • kith and kin
  • long-lost
  • loved one
  • relative
  • removed
  • second cousin
  • sib
  • sibling
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(Definition ofhouseholdfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

household| American Dictionary

household
noun[C]
us
/ˈhɑʊs·hoʊld/
agroupofpeople, often afamily, wholivetogether:
Shebecamepartof his household.

Idiom

a household name
(Definition ofhouseholdfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

household| Business English

household
noun[C]
uk
/ˈhaʊshəʊld/us
agroupofpeople, often afamily, wholivetogether in ahouseorflat:
There are now onaverage2.5peopleperhousehold in thestate.
ahigh-income/low-income/middle-income household
I sometimeswonderhow mywifeand Imanageas asingle-income household.
High-technologyproductsare hard tosellto households wheretheheadof the householdis over 60yearsofage.
household
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈhaʊshəʊld/us
relatingto ahouseorflatand thepeoplewholivethere:
Publichousingtenantsarerequiredtopay30percentoftheirhouseholdincomeforrent.
It's nosurprisethathouseholddebtisrising.
household bills/expenditure/spendingTheaverageannualhouseholdexpenditureforfoodwas $2,030.
used todescribesomething that is used in thehome:
ahouseholdappliance/item/product
household consumption/useOver the last twodecades, householdwaterconsumptionperheadin London hasincreasedby 22%.
(Definition ofhouseholdfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhousehold

household
Disaggregation ofhouseholdresults by sources of income and expenditure patterns permits a fairly detailed analysis of likely changes in poverty.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This article therefore identifies the need for further research, qualitative and quantitative, on the relationship between women's employment patterns and the dynamics ofhouseholdformation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Thus, it is possible that the individuals discussed in this article formed single-person households for the purposes of taxation, but physically lived with other people.
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Another is that competition, even if successful in reducing tariffs, will marginally affect the households bills.
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Having only one parent might have meant ahouseholdnecessity of replacing the loss/absence of one parent.
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Retirement income is reported only at thehouseholdlevel.
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Men, women and children in vulnerable livelihood systems negotiate different activity roles and access patterns tohouseholdcapital.
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The article explores the roles ofhouseholdcompositional factors and socio-economic status on widowhood and remarriage.
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Men and women had different spheres of power in thehouseholdeconomy, which were determined by the changing roles they played in production.%!
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It should be stressed that the labour force was structured around households and not around individual labourers.
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In a good theoretical formulation, households are just a large sector of the economy.
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Just as important as the need for a sufficient income was the acquisition of the skills required to run ahousehold.
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Men sought to endow each son with sufficient land to establish a separatehousehold.
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In these contexts, equitable marital relations are perceived as those in which the wife performs most of thehouseholdtasks.
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It should be noted, however, that a biased picture may have been produced by the selection ofhouseholdtasks included in the survey.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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Collocationswithhousehold

household

These are words often used in combination withhousehold.

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average household
The ratio of household income to poverty level was almost four (that is, theaveragehouseholdearned four times the federal poverty level).
From theCambridge English Corpus
common household
On the payment card, amounts could be compared to differentcommonhouseholdconsumer items of the same value.
From theCambridge English Corpus
farming household
The drawback though is that farmers have to purchase seeds every season, which can be a constraint forfarminghouseholdwith limited cash.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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