My mother would still like me to be a missionary in Africa.

我母亲还是想让我在非洲做一名传教士。

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Margie proved herself to be a good mother.

玛吉显示了自己是个好母亲。

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Can it ever be right to divide a mother from her child?

让母子分离难道还有对的时候？

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So, you would expect a child who just grew up with a mother or just grew up to be a father--with a father to be in some sense psychologically damaged by that, failing to go through the normal psychosexual stages.

你会看到由单身母亲抚养长大的孩子,或由单身父亲抚养长大的孩子,在某种意义上,会因此而形成心理创伤，从而无法正常地经历所有的性心理阶段。

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Or, more nefariously, employers who might want to avoid hiring a mother-to-be.

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Ms Blunnie agreed to meet Mr McLernon after he sent her a text telling the mother-to-be he had a "surprise" for her, the court heard.

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Dilworth, Troody's creator, hopes the pigeon-sized robot will be mother to a whole race of dinosaur-like robots that will walk around museums, entertaining and educating children.

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