单词 | start a family |
释义 | start a family From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstart a familystart a familyFAMILYto have your first baby We’re not ready to start a family yet. → startExamples from the Corpusstart a family• Hirsh was a hospital pharmacist who needed to hold down two jobs to save money to start a family.• Nadia Comaneci and her husband, Bart Conner, want to start a family.• They may have started, or are about to start a family.• But then couples began to wait longer before starting families and also began to worry more about money.• This is unlikely to deter parents wishing to start a family at a more mature age than usual.• Effects on family life probably include contrary tendencies - accelerating or delaying decisions to start families, for example.• Though women friends my age were talking about marriage and starting a family, I remained unsure.• Many of these women may still start families in their late 20s or 30s. |
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