wives
uk/waɪvz/us/waɪvz/plural ofwife
（wife的复数）
| 单词 | wives |
| 释义 | wives uk/waɪvz/us/waɪvz/plural ofwife （wife的复数）wives| American Dictionarywives us/wɑɪvz/pl ofwife Examplesofwiveswives They were sufficiently comfortable that the leprosarium was theirs to send theirwivesand children to the place. From theCambridge English Corpus Whenever the men were not speaking, theirwiveshandled the necessary business between the families through letters and visits. From theCambridge English Corpus They were asked a series of questions about their work and family histories ; 53 of theirwivesalso took part. From theCambridge English Corpus In the smaller karkhanas, owners, theirwivesand their children continued to do weaving and other tasks alongside hired labour. From theCambridge English Corpus Citizens'wivesand daughters were far more likely to be the subjects of petitions and pleas for mercy than were marginal women and outsiders. From theCambridge English Corpus Most of the earliest bishops'wiveswere uncommemorated after death. From theCambridge English Corpus Although formally the dowry remained in the complete control ofwives, husbands apparently relied on these dowries as available credit. From theCambridge English Corpus Childlesswivesare therefore likely to underestimate the possible disadvantages of their position. From theCambridge English Corpus Firstly 56 per cent (157) of the husbands denied their credit towiveswho had eloped. From theCambridge English Corpus While not denying that they had confined theirwives, they downplayed its significance. From theCambridge English Corpus Husbands andwivesgenerally retain separate budgets, with the husbands contributing to the maintenance of the children but only covering a part of their costs. From theCambridge English Corpus Wivesmade active claims on their incomes for domestic maintenance, so that such contributions came to be seen as less and less discretionary. From theCambridge English Corpus The importance of railwaymen's economic contributions reinforced prevailing notions that men were considered household heads, even whenwivesearned income as well. From theCambridge English Corpus The gender divide within marriages is shown by more husbands thanwivesreceiving expressive or instrumental support from their spouse. From theCambridge English Corpus Another 22 % said friends or relatives, excludingwives, had advised them. 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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