| 单词 | absentee father |
| 释义 | > as lemmasabsentee father 3. Designating a parent who is frequently or permanently absent from the home and does not participate significantly in the upbringing of his or her children. Frequently in absentee father, absentee mother. ΚΠ 1860 C. M. Yonge Hopes & Fears I. i. iv. 107 The boy spoke a very odd mixture of Lieschen's German and of English, pervaded by stable slang, and was altogether a curious study of the effects of absentee parents. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 25 July 1/2 The Prince of Wales made shift to serve as a substitute for his absentee mother. 1910 A. Brown John Winterbourne's Family 303 She had been known as an absentee mother, and yet, behold, the children were manifestly in greater disorder than before her exile. 1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 76/2 The pattern of maternal concentration on the child as a substitute for an absentee father..remains unchanged. 1998 Sunday Tel. 25 Jan. (Review section) 36/5 She recalled her almost operatically miserable childhood—absentee father, uncaring mother, sexual abuse. < as lemmas |
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