- 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
- Organizing childcare for three small children is difficult.为三个小孩组织托儿服务很困难。
Collocations ChildrenChildren孩子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 English) 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 North American English) raise a child/family抚养孩子
- care for/ (especially British English) look after a baby/child/kid照顾小孩
- change (British English) a nappy/(North American English) 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 British English) 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
Topics Life stagesb2Oxford Collocations DictionaryChildcare is used before these nouns: - arrangement
- expense
- facility
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