grandmothers

Their mothers and grandmothers were perhaps a little more deliberate.

她们的母亲和老祖母也许是过分拘谨了点儿。

In fact, she argues that the evolution of grandmothers was exactly what allowed our long childhood, and the learning and culture that go with it, to emerge.

她认为，事实上正是祖母的进化使得我们的漫长幼年期以及与之伴随的学习与文化得以出现。

Grandmothers, teachers, aunts, cousins, neighbors, who taught me about quiet strength and dignity.

祖母, 老师, 姨妈, 表姐妹, 邻居, 她们教会我沉默的力量和尊严.

I incline to think that our grandfathers and grandmothers were great.

我愿意相信我们的祖父和祖母十分伟大.

This dream, I believe, is not only shared by our grandmothers, mothers and sisters, but also by many of our fathers, brothers, husbands and male colleagues.

我相信，这个胡想不仅曾是咱们的奶奶、母亲以及姊妹们所有过的，也是咱们的父亲、兄弟、丈夫以及男同事们所领有的胡想。

Women traded in fish on the jetties, children played cricket on the sands, grandmothers sunned themselves, and most officials were away on vacation.

与往常一样，妇女们在海堤上卖鱼，孩子们在沙滩上打板球，老奶奶们在晒太阳，而很多官员在享受假日。

Some of the men could be grandfathers and some of the women grandmothers.

有些男的是爷爷，有些女的是奶奶。

My grandmother is 90 and still going strong.

我奶奶90岁了，还挺硬朗。

To build that future I see, we must make sure that women and men alike understand the struggles of their grandmothers and their mothers, and that women enjoy equal opportunities, equal pay, and equal respect.

要创造我所想象的那种未来，我们要保证女人和男人同样理解他们的祖母和母亲的努力——女人拥有平等的机会、平等的报酬、平等的尊重。

And the more grandmothers contribute, the longer the period of immaturity can be.

祖母贡献越大，未成熟期可能就越长。

At the starting line of their careers, they are better educated than their mothers and grandmothers had been — or than their young male counterparts are now.

在她们的职业生涯的开端，她们比自己的母亲和祖母当年接受的教育更好——或者比她们现在的男性同龄人接受的教育更好。

Of course, the Bible also neglects to forbid anyone from marrying great-grandmothers, tables or pet fish.

当然, 圣经还忽略了一点,那便是忘了禁止人们娶自己的 曾祖母 、 桌子或者观赏鱼.

So I have two grandfathers and two grandmothers.

所以,我有两个和两个祖父祖母.

This kind of food reminds people of the meals their mothers and grandmothers made.

这种食物能让人们想起他们母亲和祖母做的饭菜.

How many grandmothers does Alan have?

爱伦有几位祖母?

I have two grandmothers and two grandfathers.

我有爷爷、奶奶、外公、外婆.

In talking to today's young mothers, I have asked them what kind of grandmothers they think they are going to be.

在与当今年轻的母亲们的谈话中，我问她们，她们认为自己会成为怎样的祖母。

My grandmothers are both widows.

我奶奶和外婆都是孤寡一人。

Here the marriage groups are separated according to generations: all the grandfathers and grandmothers within the limits of the family are all husbands and wives of one another;

在这里，婚姻集团是按照辈份来划分的：在家庭范围以内的所有祖父和祖母，都互为夫妻；

And the woodwork was of the era of our grandmothers.

还有我们祖母时代的板壁.

It's a special opportunity to thank all of the mothers and grandmothers in our lives.

这一天是个特别的机会，来感谢我们生活中的所有母亲和祖母。

This is modern Japan, a Gizmo Nation where even grandmothers make friends with their gadgets.

这就是现代的日本.在这个充满小发明的国家, 甚至年逾古稀的老妈妈都和身边的机械小玩艺儿交朋友.

People may roll their eyes and talk about overprotective, interfering grandmothers.

人们可能会翻着白眼谈论那些溺爱儿孙、样样都要插手的祖母。

A shocking number appear to be in their 90s, looked after by people who are themselves grandmothers and grandfathers.

惊人的是，他们中的许多已年过九旬，而照料他们的子女亲人许多也已身为（外）祖父母。

People may roll their eyes and talk about overprotective, interfering grandmothers

人们可能会翻着白眼谈论那些溺爱儿孙、样样都要插手的祖母。

Researchers theorize that the high-fat diet may change gene expression in the grandmothers in a way that somehow affects subsequent generations and leads to a greater breast cancer risk.

研究者推理道：高脂饮食可能在某种程度上改变了祖母的基因表达，用某种方法影响了后代，并且会导致患乳癌的几率增加。

Is it not wonderfully sexy the way our grandmothers, those women of the prairie, or concrete canyons, would braid their hair up in the morning and let their cowboys unravel them at night?

生活在大草原或者是峡谷里面的祖母辈们早上扎起辫子夜里再让她们的牛仔们给解开，这样的生活一点也不性感吗？

...watching my mother and grandmothers doing needlework.

看我妈妈和祖母外祖母做针线活

This is an age-old approach, recommended by many country grandmothers.

这是一种古老的方法, 由许多乡村老奶奶推荐.

That determination not to let anything spoil the games has proved to be bad news for the two protesting grandmothers.

这样的决定当然也不会让这两为老奶奶所带来的“坏消息”而扰乱奥。运。会。