widowhood是什么意思

widowhood

['wɪdohʊd]

n. 守寡；寡妇的身份

英文词源

widowhood (n.): c. 1200, from widow (n.) + -hood. Modifying or replacing Old English wuduwanhad "state of a woman who has no husband."

双语例句

1. Nothing can prepare you for the shock and grief of widowhood.: 守寡的打击和悲伤让人难以承受。

2. Her widowhood condemns her to a lonely old age.: 守寡使她不得不过着孤独的晚年生活.

3. When did this fleeing woman who had maintained a chaste widowhood find a husband?: 这守活寡的逃妇几时有了个新老公?

4. Laura Henderson : [ at her husband's funeral ] I'm bored with widowhood.: 萝拉?韩德森: [ 在她先生的葬礼上 ] 我当寡妇已经当烦了.

5. Some commentators argue her appeal stems from national sympathy for her widowhood.: 有些评论人士认为,索尼娅的吸引力来自全国民众对她遗孀身份的同情.

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