grandmothers

People may roll their eyes and talk about overprotective , interfering grandmothers

人们可能会翻着白眼谈论那些溺爱儿孙、样样都要插手的祖母。

At the starting line of their careers , they are better educated than their mothers and grandmothers had been — or than their young male counterparts are now .

在她们的职业生涯的开端，她们比自己的母亲和祖母当年接受的教育更好——或者比她们现在的男性同龄人接受的教育更好。

My grandmother is 90 and still going strong .

我奶奶90岁了，还挺硬朗。

When my parents were away , my grandmother would take care of me .

我父母外出的时候，总是祖母照看我。

They called their first daughter after her grandmother .

他们给大女儿取了祖母的名字。

We named the baby ' Ena ' after her grandmother .

我们以婴儿祖母的名字给婴儿取名“埃娜”。

He often runs errands for his grandmother .

他经常给他的祖母跑腿儿。

Her grandmother had the gift of making people happy .

她奶奶有逗人开心的本事。

Grandmother felt free to order her about just as she wished .

奶奶毫不客气地随意支使她。

For a long time her mother and her grandmother had hardly been on speaking terms .

很久以来，她的母亲和外婆两人之间几乎不怎么说话。

His grandmother and his father brought him up

是他的祖母和父亲把他养大的。

He first learnt to fish under the watchful eye of his grandmother .

在祖母的看护下，他第一次学起了钓鱼。

She cast a wry glance in her grandmother 's direction .

她朝奶奶无可奈何地瞟了一眼。

My grandmother was becoming more and more sad and frail as the years went by .

随着时间的流逝，我的祖母变得日益伤感和虚弱。

He had a great desire to have a home of his own for he had always lived with my grandmother .

他强烈渴望拥有一个属于自己的家，因为他一直和我祖母住在一起。

My grandmother and aunt will be there in my parents ' stead .

我的祖母和姑妈将代替我的父母出席。

Her grandmother seemed to her a pitiable figure .

祖母在她看来是个可怜的人。

Your grandmother has nothing to stop her from being bored , grouchy and lonely .

你奶奶既无聊又孤独，总是没完没了地发牢骚。

The newspaper contacted his grandmother to trace his present address , and later doorstepped him at his home .

报纸联系了他祖母，查到了他现在的住址后便前往登门采访。

She was forever running errands for her housebound grandmother

她总是在为她不方便外出的祖母跑前跑后。

Her grandmother mumbled in her sleep

她祖母含混不清地说着梦话。

My grandmothers are both widows .

我奶奶和外婆都是孤寡一人。

My grandmother has an antiquated idea of modern life .

我祖母对现代生活的看法落伍了。

She helped take care of his aged grandmother .

她帮助照料他年迈的祖母。

The young girl insisted on listening to the life story of her grandmother .

那个年轻的女孩坚持要听祖母一生的经历。

His grandmother lived until she was 105 .

他的祖母活到105岁。

Move over and let your grandmother sit down .

挪开些，让你外婆坐下来。

My father often speaks of my grandmother .

我爸爸常常提起我的祖母。

He was brought up by his grandmother .

他是由他奶奶带大的。

She 'll soon be a grandmother .

她快抱孙子了。