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单词 blended family
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Definition of blended family in English:

blended family

noun
North American
  • A family consisting of a couple, the children they have had together, and their children from previous relationships.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In my vocation, I get to be with all sorts of families, from singles to single moms, deadbeat dads, blended families, adopted families, cohabiting families and traditional families.
    • It didn't take a public-relations genius to bring together the blended family of John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry to serve as a backdrop for the introduction of the Edwardses to general-election voters.
    • The two California clans profiled by Stacey are packed with single mothers, divorces, blended families, homosexuals, latchkey kids, walkaway fathers, people living together, and births out of wedlock.
    • Divorced parents and blended families may need to devote even more time to the process to make sure they follow the guidelines correctly.
    • Closeted or not, our blended family of three cats, two women, and a fish seem to have expanded out to fill the available space.
    • Furthermore, over half of the respondents were from single-parent or blended families, suggesting that they have observed extensive marital conflict at some point in their lives.
    • Family law has been slowly changing to accommodate the facts of today's relationships: adoptions, blended families, stepparents, multiracial families.
    • Changing family structures, such as the emergence of blended families, have further obscured set expectations for male providers.
    • A focus snaps into place, and the crazy crush of this three-generation, blended family becomes whole.
    • The Institute of Family Studies report shows massive increases in the number of step and blended families, and lone parent families.
    • There are fewer children per family unit, more adults who wish to adopt or have no children at all, blended families, families with single parents or same sex parents and foster families.
    • They are tolerant of different cultures; accepting of blended families and divorce; and oblivious to gender, race, living arrangements, and socioeconomic status.
    • As Jessie on ABC's drama Once and Again, Evan Rachel Wood brilliantly portrayed a young teenager struggling to grow up while dealing with a blended family and her own attraction to another girl.
    • Since the 1980s, other family models have become more common, such as single-parent families and blended families in which couples form a new family with the children from their former marriages.
    • Christmas is of no use to anyone if it is an excuse for people to play at being petty tyrants, a danger especially in blended families where expectations differ.
    • In addition to raising the two blended families, my mother was kept very busy taking care of the new ‘common factor’ - my younger brothers and sisters.
    • While the divorce rate is nearly 62%, blended families can and do succeed.
    • New relationships, blended families, and remarriages are among the most difficult aspects of the divorce process.
    • The mother's income is greater than the father's; however, I am not informed as to the exact relative household incomes in these two new blended families.
    • Twelve years ago Kerry MacLean and her husband instituted a daily meditation session for their blended family of seven.
 
 

Definition of blended family in US English:

blended family

nounblɛndəd ˈfæm(ə)li
North American
  • A family consisting of a couple and their children from this and all previous relationships.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The two California clans profiled by Stacey are packed with single mothers, divorces, blended families, homosexuals, latchkey kids, walkaway fathers, people living together, and births out of wedlock.
    • The Institute of Family Studies report shows massive increases in the number of step and blended families, and lone parent families.
    • Closeted or not, our blended family of three cats, two women, and a fish seem to have expanded out to fill the available space.
    • Changing family structures, such as the emergence of blended families, have further obscured set expectations for male providers.
    • New relationships, blended families, and remarriages are among the most difficult aspects of the divorce process.
    • Divorced parents and blended families may need to devote even more time to the process to make sure they follow the guidelines correctly.
    • There are fewer children per family unit, more adults who wish to adopt or have no children at all, blended families, families with single parents or same sex parents and foster families.
    • The mother's income is greater than the father's; however, I am not informed as to the exact relative household incomes in these two new blended families.
    • It didn't take a public-relations genius to bring together the blended family of John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry to serve as a backdrop for the introduction of the Edwardses to general-election voters.
    • Since the 1980s, other family models have become more common, such as single-parent families and blended families in which couples form a new family with the children from their former marriages.
    • Family law has been slowly changing to accommodate the facts of today's relationships: adoptions, blended families, stepparents, multiracial families.
    • Furthermore, over half of the respondents were from single-parent or blended families, suggesting that they have observed extensive marital conflict at some point in their lives.
    • A focus snaps into place, and the crazy crush of this three-generation, blended family becomes whole.
    • As Jessie on ABC's drama Once and Again, Evan Rachel Wood brilliantly portrayed a young teenager struggling to grow up while dealing with a blended family and her own attraction to another girl.
    • They are tolerant of different cultures; accepting of blended families and divorce; and oblivious to gender, race, living arrangements, and socioeconomic status.
    • In my vocation, I get to be with all sorts of families, from singles to single moms, deadbeat dads, blended families, adopted families, cohabiting families and traditional families.
    • In addition to raising the two blended families, my mother was kept very busy taking care of the new ‘common factor’ - my younger brothers and sisters.
    • Twelve years ago Kerry MacLean and her husband instituted a daily meditation session for their blended family of seven.
    • While the divorce rate is nearly 62%, blended families can and do succeed.
    • Christmas is of no use to anyone if it is an excuse for people to play at being petty tyrants, a danger especially in blended families where expectations differ.
 
 
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