empty nester

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I had not felt his remorse over Mom's death, understood his intense loneliness as an "empty nester, " or realized most of his pals had long since left the world.
我沒想到媽媽的逝世會(huì)讓他悲痛至此，體會(huì)不到父親獨(dú)守“空巢”有多么孤獨(dú)，也沒有意識(shí)到他眾多好友的早早辭世更平添了他的寂寞。
I had not felt his remorse over Mom's death, understood his intense loneliness as an "empty nester, " or realized most of his pals had long since light-beamed off the planet.
我并沒有體會(huì)到母親去世時(shí)他的扼腕之情，也沒有理解他作為”空巢老人“強(qiáng)烈的孤獨(dú)感，更沒有意識(shí)到他許多朋友已經(jīng)駕鶴西去。
When an empty-nester couple made the decision to downsize, they knew they wanted it to be to a low-maintenance, age-in-place home, as well as an architectural showpiece.
一對(duì)空巢夫婦決定縮減房屋的大小，他們知道想要這個(gè)房屋成為低成本維護(hù)的養(yǎng)老住宅，同時(shí)成為建筑風(fēng)格的陳列品。