| 词汇 | example_english_widow |
| 释义 | Examples of widowThese 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. Elderly widows (29%) were most exposed to inadequate care because of their low status in their families and among their spouse's kin. While daughters and married women rarely held or managed landed property on their own, the situation with regard to widows was very different. Two men who had become homeless after being widowed bought recipe books and learned to cook for the first time in their lives. Of the unmarried women, only 18.2% were never-married, whereas (unlike any of the men) 15.2% were widowed and 7.5% were divorced. One-half were married and the remainder were single, widowed, separated or divorced. Racial differences in the determinants of the living arrangements of widowed and divorced elderly women. Approximately one-half of the sample (54.2 %) were currently married, 38.0 per cent widowed and 7.8 per cent divorced, separated or never-married. The vast majority of adult descendants were married, widowed or divorced. Marital status was coded in four categories : single ; married ; separated, widowed or divorced ; and unstated. Marital status distinguishes between partnered men (married or cohabiting) and those who are currently widowed, divorced (or separated), or never married. About two-thirds were females (62%), 19% were married, 12% divorced, 35% widowed, and 34% were single. The editors emphasize that their subject is ' never-married ' women, not widows, whose situation differed significantly in the eyes of society and the law. Thirty-seven people said they enjoyed seeing friends for company and the opportunity to do things with others (particularly if they were widowed). Longitudinal changes in mental and physical health among elderly, recently widowed men. Partners of unequal age married, leaving widows and older single women without partners. Preserving the memory of these events is important both for the widows themselves and as a demonstration of respect for their husbands. Only 13 per cent of the widows with landowning fathers inherited as daughters, while 51 per cent of those with landowning husbands inherited as widows. Most women donating to temples were widows drawing upon wealth inherited from husbands, typically for the latter's spiritual benefit. The women were predominantly single: widows (63) and women whose husbands had absconded or were at sea (4). In specified cases the possibility for widows to function as 'interim proprietors ' and transfer properties to their new husbands was reduced. By undermining the possibility of the widows' agency, they could discredit the governmental construction of "voluntary" sati on which toleration of the rite was based. The word ' selfish ' was frequently volunteered by the widows, when describing their lives now, as opposed to when they were married. While most small store owners were men, a notable minority were women, often widows. Most of these mistresses appear to have been widows (although they were not regularly identified as such in the records). In other manors the procedure was followed with regard to all land surrenders by married men because of the widow's rights to dower or freebench. Additionally, they expand benefits for low-earners, widows and widowers, disabled workers and young survivors. As one might expect, several of the women to receive relief were widows, usually with small children. The ambiguous approach to widowed women should also be noted. Women who were widowed during the violence were given the first preference. Our widows and orphans cry in their homes; our old fathers cry along the road. He was widowed two years previously and is in very poor physical and mental health. The book draws on several data sources, including surveys of older people, widowed persons and carers ; interviews with service providers ; and focus group discussions. Sixty-nine per cent were married, 23n6 % were single and 4n8 % were widowed. A majority of the migrants were women, mostly unmarried or widows. Moreover, re-marriage was more likely for males, so the older women were much more likely to be widowed than the men. As the volume unfolds, the authors demonstrate that most widows and divorcees live in social and cultural networks from which they receive substantial support. They identify a number of attributes, which they see in themselves, that are a direct consequence of their experience as widows. The widows who wrote these books do not represent a cross-section of widows. The interview was not prescriptive ; the aim was to learn from the widows what was important to them. A particularly noteworthy finding is that widows spoke of their new-found independence in making decisions about the home. The implications of these constraints for widows are mixed. In the case of widows this would also enable them to deal better with the social disabilities associated with widowhood. To be admitted, a person had to be single or widowed and without family, or without a family possessing financial resources. Not only did young unmarried women enter the labour market, but married women and widows worked on into late middle age. The age difference between spouses accounts for the many elderly widows, who were invariably found living with their married sons. The restrictions on remarriage in some contracts should be assessed in the light of other widows' pensions. The third group consisted of 52 widows and widowers, some of whom had also married more than once, accounting for a further 59 possible marriages. At mid-century 90 per cent of widows received their inheritance subject to some condition. In 1890 -1899, there were only twice as many widows. Swedish law did provide widows and widowers with property rights. In contrast to unmarried or married women, widows were legally competent. Moreover, widows outnumbered widowers even while women were still fecund and at risk of dying in childbirth. Although this was always marked by non-statistical significance, there was considerable variation in the remarriage risk of widows living with children in complex households. On the other hand, widows always needed a dowry and this was not easily provided in the midst of an economic crisis. They were considered less suitable landholders than sons, and less needful than widows. As would be expected, a number of women died while married, but a higher proportion, 46 per cent, are known to have been widowed. Observing the actions of these widows, equal numbers can be shown to have remarried and died without remarrying. Widows with sons were more likely to receive a bequest of land than widows without sons. As we have seen, never-married women rarely held land before marriage, although it was more common for remarrying widows to do so. The provisions for widows in men's wills suggest that men did consider women capable of managing land and financial matters. However, some men did not leave widows and some widows did not receive land. Of these tenants 42 left widows, of whom 31 received land. While there is a growing literature on widows' remarriage, evidence is still fragmentary. There is evidence elsewhere of a growing tension surrounding widows' rights to land in this period. Therefore, widowers were probably more attractive marriage partners than widows. No relationship between them remains, and a woman is widowed only after the death of the husband with whom she currently lives. One widower has subsequently married for the third time, having been widowed twice. Unlike widows, the widowers did not equate selfishness with freedom, or advantages in widowhood with freedom. All of the 25 widows made reference to the self-centred behaviour of their husband. The oldest elderly people are also more likely to live alone or to be widowed. Most indulgences were clearly obtained after death, presumably mainly by widows, widowers and executors. His father had died and left two widows with ten children. The figures already published showed that the excess mortality of widowed over married people was greatest for younger people below the age of 34. They were widows, or older unmarried women, or women whose marriages had failed. Older de jure female-headed households (all widows in this survey) without the benefit of remittances had the highest productivity. They demonstrated the prevalence of the tragedy of widows being forced off their homesteads by their husband's families. Older widows' experience of living alone at home: image. The persistence of disengagement in some widows and widowers does not mean that there are not others for whom re-engagement is both fitting and necessary. Women who never married, were widowed or were deserted were often unsupported and thus driven to take up employment in small businesses. The most common categories used to report family data were single, married, divorced/ separated, and widowed. She begins the novel in the assumed persona of a young widowed painter who moves into a crumbling pile in an isolated village. A significant portion of the households was headed by women, many of whom were widows. Nevertheless, these sources allow us to make statements about the work of unmarried women and widows who headed a household. Another category potentially at risk of leaving minor children were the widows and widowers who remarried. Nevertheless, in many cases there was no indication that the married or widowed child was involved in migration. In the case of preindustrial economies, integrated by reciprocity, marginal women, such as widows, may be particularly disadvantaged. In this cross-section of recipients the proportion of widows and widowers was as high as 59 per cent. Why were widowed females in later age groups more likely to live alone ? The interests of the dynasty invariably came first ; settlements were rarely generous to widows, daughters or younger sons. Most married women and widows were classified by the occupations of their husbands, because the bulk of women with occupations of their own were unmarried. There seems to have been a great difference in the nature of the social ties of widows and widowers. The loss of a spouse usually affected widows and widowers in different ways. Between 42 and 45 per cent of the families whose children were boarded out during all three periods were headed by widows or widowers. The economically active women were not only widows, and married women often acted without expressions of their husbands' consent. They could be either single women, widows or married women acting as independent coopwijfs. 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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