1. 有关“household”的短语:
low-income/one-parent, etc. households 低收入、单亲等家庭
the head of the household 户主
household bills/chores/goods 家庭账单/杂务/用品
例句:More families consist of one-parent households or two working parents, consequently, children are likely to have less supervision at home than was common in the traditional family structure.
出现了也来越多的单亲家庭,和双亲工作的家庭。因此这些家庭孩子们可能比传统家庭要受到更少的监督。
2.yearns for 渴望
a yearning look 渴望的神情
例句:The people yearned for peace. 人民渴望和平。
She yearned to escape from her office job.
她一心想着躲避办公室里的工作。
3.be known as 以…出名
例句:Microsoft used to be known as the Great Satan when it came to enterprise operating systems.
微软在进入企业操作系统领域的时候被认为是大恶魔。
He's a known thief.
他是个出了名的小偷。
The disease has no known cure.
这种病目前还是不治之症。
4.support family 养家糊口 ; 负担家计
例句:They are just a rightness of poor husband and wife, taking to help money to support family!
他们只是一对贫穷的夫妇,带着救命钱养家!