in the family way

基本解釋

"In the family way" is an old-fashioned expression meaning "pregnant".
“ 是一種老式的表達(dá)方式，意爲(wèi)”懷孕“ 。
She is (heavy) with child again.; She has been in the family way again.
她又懷孕了。
《新英漢大辤典》
It makes folks happy to see a girl in the family way.
人們看到女孩懷孕了會感到高興。

And I enjoyed those. The family celebrated Valentine's Day in a little bit bigger way than we do now.
His resentment over his powerlessness within the family seethes in this moment, and he thinks of a way to get back at his father.
他討厭自己在父親,暴怒時的無可奈何，因而他設(shè)法去報複。
耶魯公開課 - 1945年後的美國小說課程節(jié)選
I hope that we will be able to cure the disease so that no children, no family would be affected in the same way that i've seen Larson family affected.
我希望有一天我們能夠治瘉這種疾病,不讓任何一個孩子任何一個家庭,再遭受,像拉森家一樣的痛苦。
普林斯頓公開課 - 領(lǐng)導(dǎo)能力簡介課程節(jié)選

The reputation of Turkey's family businesses has been tainted recently by the way in which the Uzan family (a father and two sons) is alleged to have milked Motorola and Nokia, fellow investors in Telsim, a mobile-phone company that the Uzans control, of hundreds of millions of dollars.
ECONOMIST: Face value