step-parent

基本解釋

I've often felt that "step-parent" is a label we attach to men and women who marry into families where children already exist for the simple reason that we need to call them something.
我總是覺得“繼父”或“繼母”是我們給那些與已有孩子的人結(jié)婚的男男女女貼上的一個標簽，這只是出于一個簡單的原因：我們需要有個詞來稱呼他們。
The children are often happier, too, particularly if they are used to their parents quarrelling endlessly. They may feet they are better off with just one parent, or with a new step-parent .
這對孩子們來說，會讓他們更加快樂，特別是對那些習慣了父母成天毫無休止爭吵的孩子來說，他們會覺得跟單親或一位新的繼父一起生活會更好。
Carter I've often felt that "step-parent" is a label we attach to men and women who marry into families where children already exist, for the reason that we need to call them something.
我總覺得“繼父繼母”這個詞是對那些走進有孩子的家庭的男男女女所貼的標簽，原因很簡單：我們總得管他們叫點什么。

Seven state medical associations--including those in New Jersey, Texas and Georgia--took the highly unusual step of breaking with their parent to denounce the bill.
FORBES: ObamaCare

a parent who is married to the father or mother of a child, but who is not that child's own father or mother; a stepfather or stepmother