family
family n. 家庭；家属；子女 根据适用该词的上下文，其含义甚广：１指同住一家的人，包括父母、子女和其他亲属，甚至包括仆人和看门人；或２指基于血缘、婚姻或收养关系而形成的人的集合，他们往往互负义务；或３具有某一共同祖先的所有后代，即所有的血亲亲属；或４仅指子女。对该词的解释需以相关的法律领域、使用该词的有关文件的目的、案件的具体事实等为根据。
FAMILY
family
family, n. 1. A group of persons connected by blood, by affinity, or by law, esp. within two or three generations. 2. A group consisting of parents and their children. 3. A group of persons who live together and have a shared commitment to a domestic relationship. See RELATIVE. — familial, adj. blended family. The