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单词 dower
释义
dower
noun[C]
uk
/daʊər/us
/daʊɚ/
ashareof a man'smoneyandpropertythatbelongsto hiswidow(=wife)after hedies:
（寡妇获得的）亡夫遗产
She had toleavethe Manor and take upresidencein the dowerhouse.她不得不离开大宅子，住到留给她的寡妇小屋去。
old use
anoldword for adowry
（dowry旧时的拼法）
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(Definition ofdowerfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdower

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Opposed to this, one finds elements without any space, dowered with very enigmatic presences.
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Consequently, properties comprising thedowerneeded a separate royal charter to be permanently granted to the nunnery.
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Thedowerwas either extracted before the division of property or not listed as part of the marital assets.
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In other manors the procedure was followed with regard to all land surrenders by married men because of the widow's rights todoweror freebench.
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There were, too, some new titles of significance, such as unfaithfulness in marriage and right ofdower.
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He acquired a secondary residence built on former manorial property, to provide the family with adowerhouse.
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He also informed the court that he had given her adowerconsisting of three villages.
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There was no clear right of widow'sdower.
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In the seventeenth century the size of thedoweron an ordinary farm was not considerable.
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If, however, the husband had borrowed money to provide his wife with adowershe could be liable for the payment of these debts.
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The apparent importance ofdowerrights directs attention at instruments in which a woman is one of the signatories as opposed to being the only signatory.
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The latter entries probably reflect the preference of buyers and lenders to see the wife identified in the transaction to prevent some future contest on the basis ofdowerrights.
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In those countries silver is largely held as the woman'sdowerand is not readily available in the form of purchasing power.
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There is the possibility that unwittingly adowerhouse sett which is occupied may be stopped up.
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Disarmament is thedowerthat is born from the soil of security, and if there is insecurity, disarmament dies, and there is no way at all of keeping it alive.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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