1·Parents want to know the best way to nurture and raise their child to adulthood.
父母们想了解把他们的孩子养育成人的最好方法。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·I didn't know if I could raise a child by myself.
我不知道是否能独立抚养一个孩子。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies to war, use chemical sprays to alarm and confuse enemies, capture slaves, engage in child labour, exchange information ceaselessly.
它们培养菌类,将蚜虫当作家畜来饲养,发对军队作战,使用化学喷雾来警告和迷惑敌人,捕获奴隶,雇佣童工,并且不停地交换信息。
4·Elephants give new meaning to the phrase: it takes a village to raise a child.
大象赋予了这句话新的含义:养育一个孩子需要一个村庄。
5·The good news, at least according to Donald Winnicott, the influential English pediatrician and child psychiatrist, was that you didn’t have to be a perfect mother to raise a well-adjusted kid.
好消息是,至少在英国著名儿科医生、儿童精神学家唐纳德·威尼康特看来,要养育出身心健康的孩子,你不必非得是完美妈咪。
6·Later, she tells him she's only willing to do anything because she is pregnant, doesn't know who the father is, and needs to save money to raise the child.
后来,她告诉他她什么都愿意干,只是因为她怀孕了,不知道那爸爸是谁,需要钱养育这个孩子。
7·For years Eppie Lederer was happy to stay home and raise her child while her husband's business grew.
多年来,当她的丈夫的事业蒸蒸日上的时候,艾比很快乐地在家抚养她的孩子。
8·But if you reinforce these 25 must-do manners, you'll raise a polite, kind, well-liked child.
但是,如果你加强这25个必做的礼仪,你会培养出一个有礼貌,善良,很受欢迎的孩子。
9·It might take a village to raise a child, but it certainly takes a small community of life mentors to help women transform and reach their full God-given potential in life.
培养好一个小孩或许需要劳师动众,但帮助女性改变她们的生活并发挥她们难得的潜在力只需要一个小小的团体。
10·I'm simply a wage-earner, and I find it difficult enough to raise one child, so I won't consider the second.
我只是个工薪阶层,而且我发现养一个孩子挺难的,所以我不会考虑第二个的。