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单词 polygamous
释义
polygamous
adjective
uk
/pəˈlɪɡ.ə.məs/us
/pəˈlɪɡ.ə.məs/
marriedto more than onepersonat the sametime, orrelatingto thispractice:
一夫多妻的/一妻多夫的；多配偶的
Wegrewup in a verylargefamilybecause myfatherwas polygamous.我们在一个非常大的家庭中长大，因为我父亲有好几个妻子。
a polygamoussociety一个多配偶制社会
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polygamy
More examples
  • Sheranaway from a polygamousmarriageto heruncle.
  • It was thenormin alargepolygamousfamilyforchildrentolivewiththeirmothers.
  • Although amajorityof 19th-centuryMormonswere not polygamous, most oftheirleaderswere.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Marriage, cohabitation & other relationships
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  • affinal
  • as husband and wifeidiom
  • be an itemidiom
  • be shacked upidiom
  • hear wedding bellsidiom
  • hitched
  • honest
  • husband
  • intermarriage
  • matrimony
  • monogamous
  • monogamy
  • morganatic
  • ménage à trois
  • shack
  • shack up
  • something
  • together
  • trouble and strifeidiom
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(Definition ofpolygamousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpolygamous

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Formally, the cause of divorce appeared to be the internal competition within thepolygamousroyal household over the favours of the sultan.
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Most of the families that reported more than ten members werepolygamoushouseholds.
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In the nineteenth century economic changes led to rapid population growth and to the appearance ofpolygamousbig men.
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Sterility and sub-fertility inpolygamousmarriages may not have resulted only from husbands suffering from venereal disease infecting a succession of new wives.
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At the time the ie emerged, marriage waspolygamous, consisting of both wives and concubines.
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The increase in chobeliso was accompanied by a decline inpolygamousmarriages.
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Further, they seem oblivious to the fact that many traditionallypolygamouscultures and moral traditions have adopted monogamy.
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A minor modification has been to introduce some subtypes to recordpolygamousrelationships.
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The majority of indigenes arepolygamous.
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This is the other secondary, ancillary,polygamousalliance of electricity which is inescapable.
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I should therefore like to state clearly that there is nothing in this proposal favouring family reunification forpolygamousmarriages.
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Separate records are not kept for wives bypolygamousmarriage.
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Hansard archive
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So again, in a sense, one is accepting the idea of apolygamousmarriage until the matter is declared void.
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There has been no widespread cry against a flood of 25polygamouswives every year.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The number ofpolygamouswives coming here is, in fact, very small.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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