father
- n.父亲;爸爸;神父;天父;祖先;创始人;鼻祖;先驱;奠基者
- vt.创造，发明(新方法);创立(新思想);做…的父亲;成为…的父亲
复数： fathers 过去式： fathered 现在分词： fathering 过去分词： fathered 第三人称单数： fathers
fathernoun
父亲；爸爸
a male parent of a child or an animal; a person who is acting as the father to a child
Ben's a wonderful father.
本是个极好的父亲。
You've been like a father to me.
你对我一直像父亲一样。
Our new boss is a father of three (= he has three children) .
我们的新老板是三个孩子的父亲。
He was a wonderful father to both his natural and adopted children.
他对亲生的和领养的子女都很好。
Father, I cannot lie to you.
爸爸，我不能对你说谎。
祖先
a person's ancestors (= people who are related to you who lived in the past)
the land of our fathers
我们祖先的土地
创始人；奠基者；先驱；鼻祖
the first man to introduce a new way of thinking about sth or of doing sth
Henry Moore is considered to be the father of modern British sculpture.
亨利∙穆尔被认为是现代英国雕塑之父。
天父；上帝
used by Christians to refer to God
Father, forgive us.
天父，宽恕我们吧。
God the Father
天父
（尤指天主教和东正教的）神父
the title of a priest, especially in the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church
Father Dominic
多米尼克神父
from one generation of a family to the next
used to say that a son's character or behaviour is similar to that of his father
very much older than sb (especially used to suggest that a romantic or sexual relationship between the two people is not appropriate)
we believe a thing because we want it to be true
verb
成为…的父亲；做…的父亲
to become the father of a child by making a woman pregnant
He claims to have fathered over 20 children.
他声称有20多个亲生子女。
创立（新思想）；创造，发明（新方法）
to create new ideas or a new way of doing sth
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N-FAMILY 父亲;爸爸
Your father is your male parent. You can also call someone your father if he brings you up as if he was this man.His father was a painter...
他父亲是个画家。
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VERB 成为…的父亲;是…的父亲
When a man fathers a child, he makes a woman pregnant and their child is born.She claims Mark fathered her child...
她宣称马克是孩子的父亲。
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N-COUNT 发明者;鼻祖;创始人;奠基人
The man who invented or started something is sometimes referred to as the father of that thing....Max Dupain, regarded as the father of modern photography.
被视为现代摄影之父的马克斯·杜培
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N-VOC; N-TITLE; N-COUNT 神父
In some Christian churches, priests are addressed or referred to as Father .I would like your advice on a matter of conscience, Father.
我想就一件有关良心的事征求您的建议，神父。
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N-PROPER (基督教)天父，上帝
Christians often refer to God as our Father or address him as Father ....Our Father in Heaven.
我们的天父
noun
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- the head of an organized crime family
- Synonym: don
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- a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
- his father was born in Atlanta
- Synonym: male parent begetter
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- a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization
- the tennis fathers ruled in her favor
- the city fathers endorsed the proposal
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- the founder of a family
- keep the faith of our forefathers
- Synonym: forefather sire
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- a person who founds or establishes some institution
- George Washington is the father of his country
- Synonym: founder beginner founding father
verb
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- make children
- Abraham begot Isaac
- Men often father children but don't recognize them
- Synonym: beget get engender mother sire generate bring forth
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The children are completely out of control since their father left .
这些孩子自他们的父亲离开后就无法无天了。
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My father 's death had a profound effect on us all .
父亲的去世深深地影响了我们全家。
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Our new boss is a father of three .
我们的新老板是三个孩子的父亲。
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I took the man with him to be his father .
我误以为和他在一起的那个男人是他父亲。
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You 've been like a father to me .
你对我一直像父亲一样。
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My father was one of a kind ─ I 'll never be like him .
我的父亲很独特——我决不会像他的。
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It 's time you settled your differences with your father .
现在你该解决同你父亲之间的分歧了。
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I want to buy a present for my mother and father .
我想给爸爸妈妈买件礼物。
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The book is written from the father 's point of view .
这本书是从父亲的角度写的。
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I 'd say he was more like his father , if anything .
依我看，如果一定要说他像谁的话，他比较像他的父亲。
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Her father had set his face against the marriage .
她的父亲坚决反对这门亲事。
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His on-screen father is also his father in real life .
他那荧幕上的父亲也是他现实生活中的父亲。
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My father left me the house in his will .
我父亲在遗嘱中把这所房子遗赠给了我。
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You sounded just like your father when you said that .
你说这话，听着跟你父亲一模一样。
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His mother won 't be there , but his father might .
他母亲不会在那里，但他父亲也许会去。
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He 's the image of his father .
他酷似他的父亲。
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He took charge of the family business following his father 's death .
父亲死后他就接管了家族企业。
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He 's very like his father .
他很像他的父亲。
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When my father died , Jim was a real support .
我父亲死后，吉姆成了真正的顶梁柱。
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She can do no wrong in her father 's eyes .
在她父亲看来，她不可能做坏事。
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My father would turn in his grave if he knew .
我父亲知道的话在九泉之下也会不得安宁的。
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Your father is an obvious candidate for a heart attack .
你父亲显然是容易患心脏病的人。
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Her father 's death impacted greatly on her childhood years .
父亲去世对她的童年造成巨大影响。
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He may be a good father but he 's a terrible husband .
他或许是一位好父亲，但却是个很糟糕的丈夫。
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We found it hard to picture him as the father of three kids .
我们很难想象他居然是三个孩子的父亲了。
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With the best will in the world I could not describe him as a good father .
尽管我心里极想美言几句，却怎么也不能说他是位好父亲。
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I looked after my father 's financial affairs .
我照管父亲的财务。
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My father died last year ─ I wish I could bring him back to life .
去年我父亲逝世了——我要是能使他起死回生该多好啊。
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You remind me of your father when you say that .
你说这样的话，使我想起了你的父亲。
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Her father carried a heavy burden of responsibility .
她父亲肩负着重大责任。
常用作称呼，显得较亲切，无拘无束。
Dad, will you come and help me?
爸爸，过来帮我一下好吗？
Ask your dad if he will be back for supper.
问问你爸爸回来吃饭不。
较正式用词。
My father is an officer of high rank.
我父亲是名高级军官。
He treated me like his father.
他把我当作父亲一样对待。
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