family单复数用法

family的复数是families，family指家庭时是一个整体概念，是单数，而当family指家人时是复数，因为它指家庭成员。

例句：

He leans heavily on his family.

他在很大程度上依赖他的家庭。

I came from a musical family.

我来自一个音乐家庭。

扩展资料

You have shamed your family.

你使你的家庭蒙受了耻辱。

On the wall is the family crest.

墙上是家族饰章。

They were an insular family.

他们一家人与世隔绝。