| 单词 | wedlock |
| 释义 | wedlock noun[U] old-fashionedorhumorousuk/ˈwed.lɒk/us/ˈwed.lɑːk/thestateof beingmarried 已婚状态Synonyms marriage matrimonyformal union Marriage, cohabitation & other relationships
wedlock| American Dictionarywedlock noun[U] us/ˈwedˌlɑk/thestateof beingmarried Examplesofwedlockwedlock The women whose illegitimate children were boarded out in 1830 -1837 were usually middleaged women with more than one child born out ofwedlock. From theCambridge English Corpus It is hard to believe that their children were in a more vulnerable position than those born withinwedlock. From theCambridge English Corpus She was institutionalized for being "immoral," having a child out ofwedlock. From theCambridge English Corpus On the other hand, this new law signified a new trend of couples cohabiting and children being born out ofwedlock. From theCambridge English Corpus And they also of course run an enhanced risk of her bringing shame upon them by conceiving children in their house and out ofwedlock. From theCambridge English Corpus While illegitimacy ratios relate the illegitimate to total births, illegitimacy rates relate births out ofwedlockto the unmarried females capable of producing such infants. From theCambridge English Corpus Therefore, the presence or absence of officialwedlockshould not be the criterion on which to treat the two women differently. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, thirty-two of the unwanted children were born out ofwedlockas against nine of the control children. From theCambridge English Corpus Between 1840 and 1850 there were 993 births outsidewedlockin the 24 parishes studied here. From theCambridge English Corpus The ratio, or percentage of births which occur out ofwedlock, is, however, of considerable comparative interest. From theCambridge English Corpus Illegitimacy is taken to be the state or condition of having been born out ofwedlock, that is, to parents who are not recognized as married. From theCambridge English Corpus Children out ofwedlockwere most likely raised in single family households or abandoned to the ghastly fate of orphanages or the street. From theCambridge English Corpus Legitimacy, its opposite, is the state of having been born withinwedlock, having specified rights and obligations. From theCambridge English Corpus Levene's study explores the characteristics of children entering the hospital between 1741 and 1760, demonstrating that up to a third were born inwedlock. From theCambridge English Corpus Pregnancy outside ofwedlockand adultery were practices that would occasion disciplinary action against those involved. 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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