| 单词 | wifely |
| 释义 | wifely adjective old-fashioneduk/ˈwaɪf.li/us/ˈwaɪf.li/like awifeorrelatingto awife: 妻子般的；妻子的wifelyduties妻子的责任 Marriage: marital status
Examplesofwifelywifely Her tactical discursive performance effectively unsettles her ostensible performance of tenderwifelyconventions. From theCambridge English Corpus She is motivated, in other words, not simply bywifelydevotion but also by a more impersonal and categorical imperative. From theCambridge English Corpus The opera ends with a choral tribute towifelydevotion. From theCambridge English Corpus Interestingly, this was revealed by the gender of witnesses, men used male witnesses to testify towifelyadultery, women suing for cruelty were supported mostly by other women. From theCambridge English Corpus Her husband was entitled to demand it from the owner of the factory or workshop if his wife did not hand it over to him with properwifelyobedience. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The income of the husband, being very much below, he returns his own income, and the wife—out ofwifelyaffection—declines to give him any information with regard to her income. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 She then decided to leave her family, which contradicted what was seen as herwifelyduty. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Still, the women try to prepare her for herwifelyduties. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They shared an outrageous lifestyle epitomized by his suspending her from a balcony in a failed attempt to intimidate her intowifelysubmission. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Although the wives show concern for their husbands out ofwifelykatagi, the men never listen and always do what they think is best. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, she also maintains the dignity of herwifelyobligations to her husband. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Modern readers often feel uncomfortable with the conflicting relationship between women's ability andwifelyduty and the general tone of subordination to men encompassed within the play. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She representswifelydevotion, forbearance and chastity. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.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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