stepfamily
noun [ C ] (also step-family) uk/ˈstepˌfæm.əl.i/ us/ˈstepˌfæm.əl.i/
（有继子女或继父母的）继亲家庭，再婚家庭
a family that is formed by two people and the child or children of one or both of them from a previous relationship
With one in three marriages ending in divorce, there are around 650,000 stepfamilies in Britain. 每三个婚姻中就有一个以离婚告终，英国约有65万个继亲家庭。
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- Some will remain lone parents; many will remarry after a period of cohabitation and become a step-family .
- Parents and step-parents are increasingly writing about step-family life in an attempt both to warn parents and inform practitioners.
- "When I got a new stepfamily," she notes, "suddenly my home life was more chaotic than my work life."
- They say it takes four to seven years before you bond as a stepfamily and identify your own roles and how you fit in.