| 释义 |
lone parent, n. and a.
Brit. |ˌləʊn ˈpɛːrənt|, |ˌləʊn ˈpɛːrnˌt|, U.S. |ˈloʊn ˈpɛrənt|
[‹ lone adj. + parent n.]
A. n. A parent who does not live with a partner and thus has most, or all, of the responsibility for bringing up a child or children. Cf. lone adj.
1949N.Y. Times 20 Sept. 3/1 (advt.) Ample living space, meals available in Riverdale, N.Y.C. home for 12-year youth and lone parent. 1972Ann. Rep. National Council Unmarried Mother & Child 1971–72 13/2 It is our contention that whether the lone parent is the mother or the father, and whether the cause of lone parenthood is divorce, separation, illegitimacy or loss of a parent through death, one-parent families have a number of problems in common. 1999J. Bussemaker & K. van Kersbergen in D. Sainsbury Gender & Welfare State Regimes i. 27 The breadwinner bias is..evident in income-maintenance programmes for lone parents.
B. adj. Designating a family or household headed by such a parent; of, for, or relating to a parent in such a situation. Cf. one-parent adj. at one adj. and n. and pron. Compounds 3a.
1978Bull. 1976 Census of Canada 4 No. 6 (title) Families: Characteristics of parents in lone parent families. 1985Population Stud. 39 34 Heads are sometimes described by their household type, for example ‘divorced men heading lone-parent households’. 1991M. Mackie Gender Relations in Canada v. 106/2 More than 80 percent of Canadian lone-parent families are headed by women. 1995Independent 10 Nov. 5/4 He called for the..abolition of the lone parent premium. 2000N. Fairclough New Labour, New Lang. v. 138 Lone parent organisations, employers and lone parents themselves have all welcomed this New Deal. |