空巢老人
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汉语关键词
空巢、空巢家庭、空巢者、空巢老人、空巢综合症
英语关键词
empty nest, empty nest family, empty nester, empty nest elderly, empty nest syndrome
句子
当这个年青人长大离家后，他的父母留守“空巢”。
误译
When the young man grew up and left home, his parents were left in an empty nest．
正译
When the young man grew up and left home, his parents were left with an empty nest.
to leave sb in a place的含义为 to go away from a place without taking sb，即“忘记带走或有意不带走某人而离开某个地方”，与“留守”的意思不符。to leave A with B 的含义为 to allow A to remain in the care of B，即"把A托付给B照看”，符合“留下……看家”的意思。例如：
1.她去度假时把儿子留给她的母亲照看。
She left her son with her mother while she went on holiday．
2.我给他的秘书留下口信。
I left a message with his secretary.
“空巢”原指小鸟长大后飞走离开大鸟，而鸟巢只留下大鸟。英语译为 empty nest。"留守空巢"可以译为 to be left with an empty nest。例如：
3.小鸟长大飞走以后，母鸟留守空巢。
After the baby birds were grown and gone，the mother bird was left with an empty nest.
“空巢”的比喻意义指子女长大成人后，只有父母单独生活的社会现象。英语译为 empty nest, 即 the home of a parent whose children have grown up and left。例如：
4.空巢不一定就是悲伤的家。
An empty nest doesn’t have to be a sad home.
5.现在这些父母都单独住在他们的空巢里，没有儿女在一起。
Now these parents are living alone without children in their empty nest．
6.当孩子们上大学后，许多父母留守空巢。
When children go off to college，many parents are left with an empty nest．
7.当孩子们搬出去住而你们留守空巢时，你们做什么？
What do you do when the kids move out and you’re left with an empty nest?
8.空巢使得母亲们和父亲们以不同的方式重新评价他们的生活。
An empty nest causes mothers and fathers to reevaluate their lives' in different ways.
9.所有的父母也许有朝一日都不得不面对空巢的寂寞。
All parents may one day have to confront the silence of an empty nest.
10.如果你现在面临空巢的危机，我鼓励你满怀希望迎接挑战。
If you are currently facing the crisis of an empty nest, I encourage you to meet the challenge with hope.
“空巢家庭”指子女长大成人后，只有父母单独生活的家庭。英语可以译为 empty nest family。例如：
11.一个空巢家庭可能想要搬到一个小点的房子，以降低开支。
An empty nest family may want to move to a smaller house to reduce expenses.
"空巢者”可以译为 empty nester，即 a parent whose children have grown up and left home。例如：
12. 我是一个空巢者，但决不是孤独的。
I am an empty nester but definitely not lonely.
“空巢老人”可以译为 empty nest elderly 或 empty nest elderly parent。例如：
13.大多数空巢老人感到孤独和抑郁。
Most of the empty nest elderly feel lonely and depressed.
14.他们给空巢老人提供家庭服务。
They provide a home service for the empty nest elderly.
15.互联网帮助空巢老年家长与他们的成年子女分开居住时保持紧密的互动。
The Internet helps the empty nest elderly parents to maintain close interactions with their adult children when they are living apart.
empty nest syndrome 指的是 a set of conditions that show a parent whose children have grown up and left home have a particular disease or medical problem，汉语可以译为“空巢综合症”。例如：
16.这对老年夫妇患了空巢综合症。
The old couple is in the grips of an empty nest syndrome.
17.空巢综合症是父母在一个或多个子女离家后感到的一种抑郁和孤独的普遍感情。
Empty nest syndrome is a general feeling of depression and loneliness that parents feel when one or more of their children leave home.
18.由于他们的子女已经长大成人，而且离家开始过新生活，他们感到因空巢而产生的忧郁。
The parents are feeling the empty nest blues since their children have all become adults and left home to start their own new life.
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