empty nester

音標發(fā)音

I had not felt his remorse over Mom's death, understood his intense loneliness as an "empty nester, " or realized most of his pals had long since left the world.
我沒想到媽媽的逝世會讓他悲痛至此，體會不到父親獨守“空巢”有多么孤獨，也沒有意識到他眾多好友的早早辭世更平添了他的寂寞。
I had not felt his remorse over Mom's death, understood his intense loneliness as an "empty nester, " or realized most of his pals had long since light-beamed off the planet.
我并沒有體會到母親去世時他的扼腕之情，也沒有理解他作為”空巢老人“強烈的孤獨感，更沒有意識到他許多朋友已經(jīng)駕鶴西去。
When an empty-nester couple made the decision to downsize, they knew they wanted it to be to a low-maintenance, age-in-place home, as well as an architectural showpiece.
一對空巢夫婦決定縮減房屋的大小，他們知道想要這個房屋成為低成本維護的養(yǎng)老住宅，同時成為建筑風格的陳列品。