| 词汇 | spinsterhood |
| 释义 | spinsterhood noun[ U ] uk /ˈspɪn.stə.hʊd/ us /ˈspɪn.stɚ.hʊd/ the state or time of being a spinster (= a woman (usually an older woman) who is not married)（年龄较大的女性）独身，未婚 Marriage: marital status bachelor bachelorette bachelorhood be between jobs/marriages/boyfriends, girlfriends, etc.idiom between ex grass widow honeymooners live in married on the shelfidiom singleton spinster spoken for trophy wife widow widowed widower widowhood wifely Examples of spinsterhoodspinsterhood Spinsterhood seems only a public acknowledgement of what she has believed herself to be all along, a romantically untenable figure. Again, as marriage was an essential rite for a woman's salvation, even a nominal marriage to a dying man was preferable to spinsterhood. In the last few years (1971-75) the level of spinsterhood has remained virtually unchanged, but the nuptiality transition appears to have gathered momentum. This low awareness can be attributed in par t to the transitional nature of spinsterhood and bachelorhood. Besides marriage postponement, a higher level of spinsterhood may also occur, and this would be an effective factor in fertility reduction. Margaret's tearful response shows how deeply entrenched is her internalization of spinsterhood. Thus, further female marriage postponement, a higher level of spinsterhood, increased contraceptive use and emigration may be expected to play vital roles in restricting population growth in the coming years. The resort to ' ' similarities ' ' comes close to implying that ' ' bachelorhood ' ' is a transcultural realm that can span decades and that can be defined, incidentally, in total isolation from ' ' spinsterhood. As the law stands at present, there is a direct discouragement of marriage and of parenthood, and a direct encouragement to bachelordom and spinsterhood. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Her departure from spinsterhood does not involve loss to the contribution fund under that heading. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 About 90 percent of the women had been married by the age of forty, and spinsterhood was rare. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Nevertheless, after overhearing an insulting remark at a party about her spinsterhood, she resolves to marry. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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