| 单词 | empty nester |
| 释义 | empty nester noun[C] informaluk/ˈemp.ti ˌnes.tər/us/ˈemp.ti ˌnes.tɚ/someone whosechildrenhavegrownup and nolongerliveathome （子女长大离家的）空巢老人Parents & children
empty nester| Business Englishempty nester noun[C,usually plural] ukus(alsonester)apersonwhoseadultchildrenhavelefthome: Cruisecompaniestendtocatertoemptynesters whofinallyhave both thetimeand themoneytotraveltheworld. Examplesofempty nesterempty nester Do those who marry out of college marry for the same reason as theemptynesterdivorcees do? FromHuffington Post The discriminatory anti-marriage penalties are particularly severe on middle-class "emptynester" couples. FromHeritage.org That group includes "emptynester" couples who move downtown after raising children, a demographic found in most revitalized downtowns. FromNOLA.com You may switch careers, become single or anemptynester, or move. FromHuffington Post The young want them for affordability, the empty nesters because they are tired of tending to large homes filled with rooms they never go in. FromUSA TODAY Now he was in the home of empty nesters who doted on him. FromHuffington Post You have all these young people and empty nesters moving in. FromPhilly.com Some had been empty nesters less than two months, while others had been so for as many as five years. FromSlate Magazine Now, as we move towards being empty nesters, a small place with access to transportation and services is a lot more attractive to us. FromTIME They suggest demolishing the eastern end to make way for residential development, most likely townhouses and apartment-style buildings for empty nesters, seniors and young households. FromChicago Daily Herald No one told the empty nesters the boys had severe mental health issues and had bounced between foster homes. FromHuffington Post The cost of housing in a neighborhood mattered almost twice as much to 18- to 24-year-olds as to empty nesters. FromDallas Morning News Most boomers live in the suburbs and are expected to remain in the homes where they raised their children even after they become empty nesters. FromCBS News It's great for empty nesters! FromThe Atlantic Are they empty nesters' spare rooms? FromSan Francisco Chronicle 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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