| 单词 | childless |
| 释义 | childless adjective uk/ˈtʃaɪld.ləs/us/ˈtʃaɪld.ləs/withoutchildren: 无子女的Couples who are childless canfeelexcludedfrom therestofsociety.没有子女的夫妇会觉得受到社会上其他人的排斥。 Parenting & caring for children
childless| American Dictionarychildless adjective[not gradable] us/ˈtʃɑɪld·ləs/withoutchildren: a childlesscouple Examplesofchildlesschildless Of related significance are references to their beingchildless. From theCambridge English Corpus The second ran away with a lover after a couple ofchildlessyears, and the third was a witch. From theCambridge English Corpus Retirement migrants are more likely to bechildless. From theCambridge English Corpus Pre-government, thechildlesshad between 11.65 and 40.34 more hours a week of 'discretionary time' than their with-children counterparts. From theCambridge English Corpus In this country about 6 % of individuals never marry, and of those that do, 10 % remainchildless. From theCambridge English Corpus The ' morning gift ' was abolished, except forchildlesswives. From theCambridge English Corpus There is a weak indication thatchildlessmen reported more often than fathers that the start of care-giving had no effect - that they kept working. From theCambridge English Corpus Nearly half (47 per cent) of parents lived within a mile of a relative, compared with only one-third (32 per cent) of thechildless. From theCambridge English Corpus Those who are older, unmarried,childlessand in poor health are least likely to have robust support networks. From theCambridge English Corpus Industrialization and urbanization also meant a higher degree of independence for thechildlesselderly in some ways. From theCambridge English Corpus A similar pattern is found amongchildlesselderly men. From theCambridge English Corpus Very fewchildlesselderly men seem to have had any relatives with whom to live in the autumn of their lives. From theCambridge English Corpus But what does seem clear is thatchildlesscouples are more free than those with dependent children to decide whether their marriage is best dissolved. From theCambridge English Corpus They were nearly always elderly divorced orchildlesswomen, with no children to raise or with grown families. From theCambridge English Corpus However, this observation does not invalidate the overall conclusion that, within the divorcing population, the proportion ofchildlesscouples has increased in recent years. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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