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。
