daughters-in-law
plural ofdaughter-in-law
| 单词 | daughters-in-law |
| 释义 | daughters-in-law plural ofdaughter-in-law Examplesofdaughters-in-lawdaughters-in-law Some of them might have been able to assist their daughters ordaughters-in-lawin housekeeping. From theCambridge English Corpus Men, particularly sons and husbands, mainly provided material support, while women, particularly wives, daughters anddaughters-in-law, provided most support with practical tasks and emotionally. From theCambridge English Corpus These patterns were mirrored in the predominance of women among providers, for example,daughters-in-lawrelative to sons for care. From theCambridge English Corpus One should also note the strongly gendered nature of caring: the majority of the care-givers are wives, daughters ordaughters-in-law. From theCambridge English Corpus Older women are much more likely than the men to mentiondaughters-in-law. From theCambridge English Corpus Widows, (girl) orphans, newdaughters-in-law, and unwanted wives are amongst those who could traditionally expect the lowest levels of consideration within the joint family system. From theCambridge English Corpus Limited availability and accessibility of home nursing and home help services make close family members the main care givers, above all partners, daughters anddaughters-in-law. From theCambridge English Corpus They were the wives (22%), husbands (22 %), daughters (26%), sons (12%), sisters (3%),daughters-in-law(5 %), and great nieces (2%) of the individuals with dementia. From theCambridge English Corpus It is also possible, however, that wife carers rely more on theirdaughters-in-lawthan their own sons for support. From theCambridge English Corpus For those with sons, brideprice has the function of attractingdaughters-in-lawof the highest possible status. From theCambridge English Corpus Given the expected importance of gender for informal ties, tables present figures separately for older men and women, sons and daughters, and sons-in-law anddaughters-in-law. From theCambridge English Corpus Another priority is to move beyond sons anddaughters-in-lawto also consider spouses, daughters, and friends and neighbours. From theCambridge English Corpus These indicators of expressive support show relatively less reliance on friends and neighbours followed more distantly bydaughters-in-lawand sons-in-law. From theCambridge English Corpus A lower proportion of the co-resident younger generation of women (daughters anddaughters-in-law) than of older women were income earners. From theCambridge English Corpus Other grandparents remained friendly with their 'ex' sons- ordaughters-in-law. 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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