家庭英文为family，其英式读音为[ˈfæməli]，美式读音为[ˈfæməli]。family可作名词和形容词，作为名词时，意思有“家庭、亲属、家族”；作为形容词时，意思有“家庭的、适合家人的”。
family的中文含义及用法介绍
1、作为名词时，意为家，家庭(包括父母子女);(大)家庭(包括父母子女及近亲);亲属;家族。
例句：Almost every family in the country owns a television.
这个国家几乎家家都有一台电视机。
All our family came to Grandad's eightieth birthday party.
我们所有的亲属都来参加了祖父八十寿宴。
Some families have farmed in this area for hundreds of years.
有些家族在这个地区务农有几百年了。
I addressed it to Mr and Mrs Jones and family.
我以此致琼斯伉俪及子女。
Lions belong to the cat family.
狮属于猫科。
2、作为形容词时，意为家庭的;一家所有的;适合全家人的。
例句：your family background
你的家庭背景
He returned to the family home...
他回到自己家里。
It had been designed as a family house...
这房子的设计适合一家老小共同居住。
Television advertising propagates a false image of the ideal family.
电视广告传播着理想家庭的一种假象。
Her personal ambitions had been subjugated to the needs of her family.
她个人的雄心壮志让位给了家庭的需要。
