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Ninety per cent of lone parent families are headed by mothers.

90%的单亲家庭由母亲持家。

Each unit including the parent company has its own, local management.

包括母公司在内，每个单位都有自己的地方管理层。

A very clingy child can drive a parent to distraction.

依赖性太强的孩子会逼得父母心烦意乱。

Zeneca was at last demerged from its parent firm, ICI.

捷利康公司终于从其母公司帝国化工集团中分离了出来。

To be appreciated as a parent is quite unusual.

可怜天下父母心。

His declared agenda is to raise standards in schools, fortify parent power and decentralise control.

他公布的计划旨在提高学校办学标准，加强家长权力，分散管理。

One assumes, a priori, that a parent would be better at dealing with problems.

人们总是想当然地认为父母更善于处理问题。

I was bringing up my three children as a single parent.

作为单身母亲，我独自抚养我的3个孩子。

The offspring contain a mixture of the genetic blueprint of each parent.

子女身上遗传了父母双方的基因型板。

Parent birds began to hunt for food for their young.

亲鸟开始为幼鸟寻找食物。

The two parent groups now run their business as a single combined operation.

这两个母公司现在合并为一家企业经营业务。

Joe still has no concept of what it's like to be the sole parent.

乔对当单亲家长是什么滋味还没有任何概念。

She has an aged parent who's capable of being very difficult.

她有一个年迈的父亲，可能会很不好相处。

No parent can duck out of his duty to his children.

没有一个父母可以逃避自己对孩子应尽的责任.

Her tone was that of a parent to a disobedient child.

她的语气就像是一个家长在训自己不听话的孩子。

The overworked, overextended parent may be seen as unloving, but may simply be exhausted.

那位操劳过度的家长看起来好像并不疼爱孩子，但实际上可能是太累的缘故。

Talk to other franchise holders and ask them what they think of the parent company.

和其他特许经营者谈一谈，问问他们对母公司是什么看法。

It might be possible for a single woman to be accepted as a foster parent.

有可能会接受单身女子作为领养人。

The relationship between a parent and a child is instinctual and stems from basic human nature.

父母与孩子的关系是天生的，源于基本的人性。

A judicious parent encourages his children to make their own decisions.

贤明的父亲鼓励儿女自作抉择.

Industry is the parent of success.

勤奋是成功之母.

The earth is the great parent of all, the stones are her bones ; these we may cast behind us; this, I think, the oracle means.

大地是万物之母, 石头就是她的尸骨.我们可以往身后扔 石头, 我想神谕说的就是这个意思.

Being a parent is her first priority.

做好母亲是她的头等大事。

Learning how to become a parent takes time. It's a skill you learn as you go along.

学会如何为人父母需要时间，这种技能只能边经历边学习。

A happy parent makes for a happy child.

有快乐的父母，才会有快乐的孩子。