| 词汇 | widower |
| 释义 | widower noun[ C ] uk /ˈwɪd.əʊ.ər/ us /ˈwɪd.oʊ.ɚ/ a man whose wife or husband has died and who has not married again鳏夫 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 spinsterhood spoken for wedded widow widowed widowhood wifely widower | American Dictionarywidower noun[ C ] us/ˈwɪd·oʊ·ər/ a man whose wife has died and who has not married again Examples of widowerwidower Typically, the widowers who had a relationship were under the age of 75, were car drivers and enjoyed good or very good health. Only one widower in the first cohort migrated. A majority of wives married to low-status widowers (71.1 per cent) were over 30. Naturally, some of the widowers who resided on their own and some of the ' empty nest ' households would not have any surviving children. At younger ages, a widow had more chances of remarrying (1 out of 5), but still less than widowers (1 out of 2). Widows and widowers are especially vulnerable to poverty, inadequate care and neglect in old age. Additionally, they expand benefits for low-earners, widows and widowers, disabled workers and young survivors. 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. It may be assumed with some confidence that most of the 'singles' were widows or widowers. It is noteworthy that widowers with unmarried co-resident children number a mere 5, in contrast to 111 widows. Swedish law did provide widows and widowers with property rights. Moreover, widows outnumbered widowers even while women were still fecund and at risk of dying in childbirth. Therefore, widowers were probably more attractive marriage partners than widows. 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. 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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