区别辨析family、home与house

family、home与house这些名词都有“家”之意。

family : 指构成一个家庭的全体成员,与家里的房子无关。

  • A new family has/have moved in next door.
    隔壁新搬来一户人家。
  • I come from a large family - I have three brothers and two sisters.
    我来自一个大家庭,有三个兄弟,两个姐妹。
  • He doesn't have any family.
    他没有任何亲人。

home : 侧重人们生长或长期居住或组织家庭的地方或房子,含感情色彩。

  • The senator has two homes - an apartment in Washington and a house in Colorado.
    这位参议员有两个家——一个是位于华盛顿的公寓,另一个是科罗拉多的家。
  • He was living on the streets for three months, and his home was a cardboard box.
    他在大街上住了3个月了,他的家就是一个纸板箱。
  • Call me at home after four o'clock.
    4点之后打家里的电话找我。
  • women who decide to stay at home and look after their children
    决定留在家里带孩子的妇女
  • He left home (= stopped living with his parents) when he was 23.
    他23岁时离家独立生活。
  • More and more couples are setting up home together without getting married.
    越来越多的伴侣不结婚就组成家庭。

house : 指家里人居住的房屋,不带感情色彩。

  • a detached/semi-detached house
    独立式/半独立式住宅
  • to buy/rent a house
    买/租房子
  • house prices
    房价
  • She lives in a little house in (US on) Cross Street.
    她住在十字街上的一所小房子里。