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单词 broken home
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Definition of broken home in English:

broken home

noun
  • A family in which the parents are divorced or separated.

    he comes from a broken home
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Any kid who's been shuffled through foster families or lived in broken homes can surely relate, and it's these simple allegories for real life that make fairy tales so meaningful as entertainment.
    • Children from broken homes are twice as likely to smoke as those whose parents remain together, according to a major survey of 15-year-olds.
    • Some may come from broken homes, alcoholic homes, have emotionally absent parents, etc.
    • I came from a poor family and a broken home and had always felt like I was the odd one out, the token working-class girl in Watford Grammar School.
    • Children from a broken home prefer if their parents split up rather than stay together, a study has found.
    • Lots of children are bullied and are bullies, have complicated family relationships, come from broken homes.
    • Too much school work was the reason given by 84 per cent, broken homes and divorce were a problem for 52 per cent, and the easy availability of drugs and alcohol was a big issue for 42 per cent.
    • In the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, tens of thousands of boys and girls from broken homes were dispatched to institutions around Australia.
    • It is already clear they intend now to force on to the statute books the primacy of ‘marriage’ in social and moral education classes, however much it can undermine the self-esteem of children from broken homes.
    • In a country in which broken homes, absentee parents and latchkey kids are endemic to every social class, he can touch some of the hottest emotional buttons.
    • Her family weren't much help - she came from a broken home you see, raised by a distant Father and never allowed to visit her Mother or the two younger brothers that had gone with her.
    • Many were from broken homes, single-parent families or blended families, where drugs and alcohol played a destructive role.
    • Buddy comes from a broken home, his family having fallen apart after his father's departure, and Buddy has become an alcoholic.
    • She said most of the children in the streets were coming from broken homes while others had been neglected by their parents.
    • The cover of the September 25, 2000 issue of Time featured a familiar tableau of the modern broken home - the lonely only child caught between warring parents.
    • Having come from a broken home, he realises the importance of children feeling their parents are there for them.
    • All too often children of broken homes are used by their parents to vent spite on each other or they use them as human ropes in a post divorce tug-of-war.
    • Many come from broken homes or single-parent families and a large number have special educational needs.
    • Venables, who came from a broken home and whose parents struggled with two special needs children, had displayed disturbed, destructive behaviour for some time, including cutting himself with scissors.
    • These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes.
 
 

Definition of broken home in US English:

broken home

nounˈbrōkən hōmˈbroʊkən hoʊm
  • A family in which the parents are divorced or separated.

    he comes from a broken home
    Example sentencesExamples
    • These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes.
    • In the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, tens of thousands of boys and girls from broken homes were dispatched to institutions around Australia.
    • Any kid who's been shuffled through foster families or lived in broken homes can surely relate, and it's these simple allegories for real life that make fairy tales so meaningful as entertainment.
    • In a country in which broken homes, absentee parents and latchkey kids are endemic to every social class, he can touch some of the hottest emotional buttons.
    • Buddy comes from a broken home, his family having fallen apart after his father's departure, and Buddy has become an alcoholic.
    • Lots of children are bullied and are bullies, have complicated family relationships, come from broken homes.
    • The cover of the September 25, 2000 issue of Time featured a familiar tableau of the modern broken home - the lonely only child caught between warring parents.
    • Children from broken homes are twice as likely to smoke as those whose parents remain together, according to a major survey of 15-year-olds.
    • Having come from a broken home, he realises the importance of children feeling their parents are there for them.
    • It is already clear they intend now to force on to the statute books the primacy of ‘marriage’ in social and moral education classes, however much it can undermine the self-esteem of children from broken homes.
    • Some may come from broken homes, alcoholic homes, have emotionally absent parents, etc.
    • Her family weren't much help - she came from a broken home you see, raised by a distant Father and never allowed to visit her Mother or the two younger brothers that had gone with her.
    • I came from a poor family and a broken home and had always felt like I was the odd one out, the token working-class girl in Watford Grammar School.
    • Children from a broken home prefer if their parents split up rather than stay together, a study has found.
    • Many were from broken homes, single-parent families or blended families, where drugs and alcohol played a destructive role.
    • All too often children of broken homes are used by their parents to vent spite on each other or they use them as human ropes in a post divorce tug-of-war.
    • Venables, who came from a broken home and whose parents struggled with two special needs children, had displayed disturbed, destructive behaviour for some time, including cutting himself with scissors.
    • Many come from broken homes or single-parent families and a large number have special educational needs.
    • Too much school work was the reason given by 84 per cent, broken homes and divorce were a problem for 52 per cent, and the easy availability of drugs and alcohol was a big issue for 42 per cent.
    • She said most of the children in the streets were coming from broken homes while others had been neglected by their parents.
 
 
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