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.
我縂是覺得“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(gè)標(biāo)簽，這衹是出於一個(gè)簡單的原因：我們需要有個(gè)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(duì)孩子們來說，會(huì)讓他們更加快樂，特別是對(duì)那些習(xí)慣了父母成天毫無休止?fàn)幊车暮⒆觼碚f，他們會(huì)覺得跟單親或一位新的繼父一起生活會(huì)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.
我縂覺得“繼父繼母”這個(gè)詞是對(duì)那些走進(jìn)有孩子的家庭的男男女女所貼的標(biāo)簽，原因很簡單：我們縂得琯他們叫點(diǎn)什麼。

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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