step parent

基本解释

"step-parent" is a label we attach to men and women who marry into families where children already exist, for the simple reason that we need to call them something.
我总是觉得“继父”或“继母”是我们给那些与已有孩子的人结婚的男男女女贴上的一个标签，这只是出于一个简单的原因：我们需要有个词来称呼他们。
I've often felt that "step-parent" is a label we attach to men and women who marry into families where children already exist for the simple reason that we need to call them something.
我总是觉得“继父”或“继母”是我们给那些与已有孩子的人结婚的男男女女贴上的一个标签，这只是出于一个简单的原因：我们需要有个词来称呼他们。
I've often felt that "step-parent" is a label we attach to men and women who marry into families where children already exist, for the simple reason that we need to call them something.
我总觉得“继父继母”这个词是对那些与已经有了孩子然后又家庭联姻的男女们所贴的标签，这么叫原因很简单：我们总得管他们叫个什么。

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