family-friendly

IPA/ˌfæməli ˈfrendli/
IPA/ˌfæməli ˈfrendli/

family-friendly — adjective

1. designed or intended to be comfortable, safe, and enjoyable for families, especi

1.形容詞B1
釋義

designed or intended to be comfortable, safe, and enjoyable for families, especially those with children — for example, a restaurant with a kids' menu and play area, a hotel with childproof rooms, or a film with no violent or adult content.

例句

The new museum has a family-friendly area where children can touch the exhibits.

attributive: family-friendly + noun (area)

Harper looked for hotels that were family-friendly before booking their trip.

predicative: be + family-friendly

同義詞
  • child-friendly

    narrower in meaning — focuses specifically on children rather than the whole family; a child-friendly hotel has things for kids, while a family-friendly hotel also suits parents and teenagers.

  • kid-friendly

    informal equivalent of child-friendly; less formal than family-friendly.

反義詞

文法句型

family-friendly + noun

be + family-friendly

用法筆記

Commonly used attributively before nouns like 'hotel', 'restaurant', 'movie', 'park', 'policy'. Can also be used predicatively after 'be', 'seem', 'remain'. The superlative 'most family-friendly' is not usual; instead use 'very family-friendly' or 'extremely family-friendly'.

常見錯誤

❌The hotel is family-friend.
✅The hotel is family-friendly.
💡The compound adjective always keeps the hyphen and ends in '-friendly', not '-friend'.
❌This resort is friendly for family.
✅This resort is family-friendly.
💡The standard expression is the compound 'family-friendly', not a prepositional phrase.