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单词 fatherless
释义
fatherless
adjective
uk
/ˈfɑː.ðə.ləs/us
/ˈfɑː.ðɚ.ləs/
without afather:
没有父亲的
fatherlesschildren没有父亲的孩子
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
a child who has no parents
  • orphanShe's an orphan adopted by a wealthy New York family.
  • orphanedShe finds herself caring for an orphaned child.
  • motherlessShe died at 39 and left four small children motherless.
  • fatherlessThe raid created 85 widows and 250 fatherless children.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Parents & children
  • babyhood
  • babymoon
  • bastard
  • brat
  • child abuse
  • guardianship
  • identical twin
  • illegitimacy
  • kiddo
  • parent
  • parentage
  • parental
  • parenthood
  • step-parent
  • the generation gap
  • the patter(ing) of tiny feetidiom
  • triplet
  • tug of love
  • twin
  • without issueidiom
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(Definition offatherlessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffatherless

fatherless
She is a widow and the children arefatherless.
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Checks using other biographical evidence confirm thatfatherlesschildren started work two or three years before those with fathers present in their families.$!
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A higher proportion offatherlessboys were accepted below the height standard, which may be related to theirfatherlessstate.
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The situation was marked by malnutrition, a shortage of housing, the misery of refugees and, in the beginning, frequently also by a rather large number offatherlessfamilies.
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The act of producing anotherfatherlesschild in this world doesn't seem like an obvious contribution toward promoting the general good or happiness on an already overpopulated planet.
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In general, boys aged 13 or 14 tended to be shorter if they werefatherless, but the difference was no longer apparent for 15- and 16-year-olds.
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War, livestock disease and smallpox unsettled human populations, and left many childrenfatherless.
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Mariette would eventually have to come to terms with the fact that she is not onlyfatherless, but also has no second genetic parent of any gender.
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Fatherlessrearing leads to sociopathy.
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His plea for "the greatest national heartbreak of thefatherlessfamilies" and for those struggling along on low fixed incomes was met with uncomprehending stares.
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Assistance provisions for otherfatherlessfamilies are available subject to maintenance conditions on the other parent or putative father.
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Fatherlessfamilies are a group which should be treated on similar lines, whatever the cause of their lacking a father.
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In each area one finding was consistent—that the income offatherlessfamilies was less than half the income of two-parent families.
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Already we have provided partial pensions to keep the widow and thefatherlesschildren.
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Forty-nine werefatherlessboys, and of these 42 were accepted, six failed educationally, and one medically.
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