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。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

He wouldn't be caught dead going to a club with his mother.

他死也不愿意跟母亲一起去俱乐部。

《牛津词典》

Margie proved herself to be a good mother.

玛吉显示了自己是个好母亲。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

John once said that his mother, Sarah Catherine Kendall Galbraith, wanted him to be a farmer also.

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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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If we have a debate about abortion in this class, people--some people might say, "Look. The fetus is a sentient being and as such it has a right to survive and shouldn't be killed by its mother."

如果我们在课常上以堕胎展开辩论，有些人可能会说，“胎儿是有知觉的生命体,所以它有生存的权利,它的母亲不应该扼杀它”

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Pro-woman Democrats are saying she must be a bad mother to be all ambitious with kids in the house.

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He had an austere childhood in a remote Jura village, growing up with a stern father (not to be disappointed) and a depressive mother (not to be troubled by his own fears).

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If a woman wants to be a mother, she can be a mother.

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