| 单词 | bedfellow |
| 释义 | bedfellow noun[C] uk/ˈbedˌfel.əʊ/us/ˈbedˌfel.oʊ/apersonconnectedwith another in aparticularactivity: 伙伴；盟友Thepriestand thepoliticianmadestrange/odd/unlikelybedfellows intheircampaignforpeace.牧师和政治家在争取和平的运动中不可思议地成为了同盟者。 Acting, being or existing together
Examplesofbedfellowbedfellow Competition over the issue of tax fairness could create strange bedfellows around the idea of reducing payroll taxes. From theCambridge English Corpus Only we can see an issue taking shape around a selection of contributions which, at face value, might make strange bedfellows. From theCambridge English Corpus How did the voters react to this coalition of strange bedfellows? From theCambridge English Corpus This is an uneasy, unconvincing book in which impossible bedfellows are forced together with no chance of mating. From theCambridge English Corpus Here, art history and music history are obvious bedfellows. From theCambridge English Corpus Moreover, comparative analysis, which naturally tends towards ' lumping ' rather than ' splitting ', can lead to some unlikely bedfellows. From theCambridge English Corpus Scholarly bibliographic work and postmodernist ' vigour ' make strange bedfellows. From theCambridge English Corpus The strange bedfellows seemed friendlier once they had been seen in bed together. From theCambridge English Corpus Just as attitudes tended to warm when strange bedfellows were seen in bed together, attitudes cooled toward parties that broke up the coalition. From theCambridge English Corpus Coalitions of strange bedfellows force voters to revise their perceptions of political space and reevaluate their attitudes toward the actors involved. From theCambridge English Corpus Are conservatoire degree programmes and realistic career opportunities odd bedfellows? From theCambridge English Corpus With these factors, the anti-nuclear movement gradually became thebedfellowof the equally-nascent political opposition, thus sowing the seeds for party dependence in the next phase. From theCambridge English Corpus This caution in the use of language suggests that ruthlessness and criticism can never be bedfellows, thus, highlighting the theme of the dialectical relationship between tyranny and criticism. From theCambridge English Corpus If civic virtue and commerce were not easily compatible bedfellows in the eighteenth century, how much more arduous is their reconciliation in the modern context of advanced capitalism? From theCambridge English Corpus Are ethics and managed care strange bedfellows or a marriage made in heaven? 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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