17　nuclear family

用法解析

Nuclear family是指“仅由夫妻与子女组成的核心家庭，小家庭”，与之相对的是extended family，指包括祖父母和叔叔婶婶等在内的大家庭。

实用语境

How has the size of the family changed in the last few decades in your country?

在过去几十年中，你们国家的家庭规模发生了哪些变化？

In recent decades, there has been a shift from extended families living together in one household to nuclear families. As a result, the size of a typical family in my country has decreased to about 3 or 4 people in one home.

近几十年来的一个趋势是从大家庭向核心家庭（nuclear families）转变。这导致的结果是我国一个典型家庭的规模已经缩小到一户人家只有三四个人。