1 a company that owns one or more other companies -- 母公司，總公司
The subsidiary has issued shares that are guaranteed by its parent. 子公司發行的股票由母公司擔保。
The parent company is expected to spend $50 million in advertising this year. 母公司預計今年會投入5千萬美元用於廣告。
One of the joys of being a parent is watching the child's character develop.
As a parent you try to create a stable home environment for your children to grow up in.
Children need lots of encouragement from their parents.
My parents were rather annoyed that I hadn't told them about the accident.
A small core of activists, men and women, came from families in which both parents were active in the labour movement.
The level of religious practice was much higher among the activists' parents than it was for the respondents themselves.
We all agree that it is wrong for parents to have favourites among their children, loving some more than others.
