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childcare

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++child·care /ˈtʃaɪldkeə $ -ker/ ●○○ noun [uncountable]  PEWan arrangement in which someone who is trained to look after children cares for them while the parents are at work 儿童看护,儿童照管 People earning low wages will find it difficult to pay for childcare. 低收入人群会发现他们难以支付儿童看护费用。 I think more women would work if there were better childcare facilities. 我觉得如果有更好的儿童看护设施的话,就会有更多的妇女去工作。
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childcareAnother frequent response is that additional, affordable childcare facilities are required.This money would be used to provide education, job-training assistance, childcare and program administration beginning later this year.His announcement at the annual conference of the Association of Children's Reporters in Peebles received an immediate welcome from childcare agencies.Chodorow hypothesizes that male involvement in childcare would change these patterns.They all do exams, even if this is only the one in childcare.This is true particularly in regard to the financial burden of childcare, a subject I treat throughout this book.And we will act where a push by government is needed to stimulate the provision of childcare.How much does it cost an employer to provide childcare facilities and what is the cheapest option?childcare facilitiesAnother frequent response is that additional, affordable childcare facilities are required.Employers who do not offer career breaks and childcare facilities may find themselves passed over in favour of employers who do.The building of new public housing has all but stopped education and childcare facilities are crumbling.The University Childcare Officer is also able to provide information about other childcare facilities in the local area.Women entering the workforce, poor childcare facilities, marrying too late, all are blamed.How much does it cost an employer to provide childcare facilities and what is the cheapest option?The Act requires childcare facilities to be registered to ensure that standards are maintained throughout the country.
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childcare
childcare /ˈtʃaɪldkeə $ -ker/ noun [uncountable]
an arrangement in which someone who is trained to look after children cares for them while the parents are at work:
    People earning low wages will find it difficult to pay for childcare.
    I think more women would work if there were better childcare facilities.


child·careBrE /ˈtʃaɪldkeə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtʃaɪldker/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the care of children, especially while parents are at work (尤指父母上班时的)儿童保育,儿童照管childcare facilities for working parents为职业父母提供的照管儿童的设施<titled tranID="27" status="2">Children<chnsep> </chnsep><chn>孩子</chn></titled>

Having a baby/child 怀孕

  • want a baby/a child/kids 想要孩子
  • start a family 生孩子
  • conceive/be expecting/be going to have a baby/child 怀孕
  • miss your period 月经未按期来
  • become/get/be/find out that you are pregnant 怀孕了;发现怀孕了
  • have a baby/a child/kids/a son/a daughter/twins/a family 有一个宝宝/一个孩子/孩子/一个儿子/一个女儿/一对双胞胎/孩子
  • have a normal/a difficult/an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/a difficult/a home birth 正常/历经艰难/意外怀孕;顺产;难产;在家中分娩
  • be in/go into/induce labour/(especially US) labor 分娩;催产
  • have/suffer/cause a miscarriage 流产;引起流产
  • give birth to a child/baby/daughter/son/twins 生了一个孩子/一个宝宝/一个女儿/一个儿子/一对双胞胎

Parenting 养育;抚养;教养

  • bring up/ (especially NAmE) raise a child/family 抚养孩子
  • care for/ (especially BrE) look after a baby/child/kid 照顾小孩
  • change (BrE) a nappy/(NAmE) a diaper/a baby 换尿布;给婴儿换尿布
  • feed/breastfeed/bottle-feed a baby 喂孩子;给孩子哺乳;用奶瓶喂养孩子
  • be entitled to/go on maternity/paternity leave 有权利休/正在休产假/陪产假
  • go back/return to work after maternity leave 产假后回到工作岗位
  • need/find/get a babysitter/good quality affordable childcare 需要/找到一个临时保姆/负担得起的高质量儿童保育
  • balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family life 平衡/兼顾工作与照顾小孩/抚养小孩/家庭生活
  • educate/teach/home-school a child/kid 教育孩子;给孩子家庭教育
  • punish/discipline/spoil a child/kid 惩罚/管教/娇惯孩子
  • adopt a baby/child/kid 收养小孩
  • offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption 把小孩给人收养
  • (especially BrE) foster a child/kid 代养小孩
  • be placed with/be raised by foster parents 被交给寄养父母;由寄养父母抚养