| 词汇 | wifely |
| 释义 | wifely adjective old-fashioneduk /ˈwaɪf.li/ us /ˈwaɪf.li/ like a wife or relating to a wife: 妻子般的;妻子的 wifely duties妻子的责任 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 widower widowhood Examples of wifelywifely Her tactical discursive performance effectively unsettles her ostensible performance of tender wifely conventions. She is motivated, in other words, not simply by wifely devotion but also by a more impersonal and categorical imperative. The opera ends with a choral tribute to wifely devotion. Interestingly, this was revealed by the gender of witnesses, men used male witnesses to testify to wifely adultery, women suing for cruelty were supported mostly by other women. Her husband was entitled to demand it from the owner of the factory or workshop if his wife did not hand it over to him with proper wifely obedience. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The income of the husband, being very much below, he returns his own income, and the wife—out of wifely affection—declines to give him any information with regard to her income. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She then decided to leave her family, which contradicted what was seen as her wifely duty. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Still, the women try to prepare her for her wifely duties. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They shared an outrageous lifestyle epitomized by his suspending her from a balcony in a failed attempt to intimidate her into wifely submission. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Although the wives show concern for their husbands out of wifely katagi, the men never listen and always do what they think is best. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, she also maintains the dignity of her wifely obligations to her husband. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Modern readers often feel uncomfortable with the conflicting relationship between women's ability and wifely duty and the general tone of subordination to men encompassed within the play. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She represents wifely devotion, forbearance and chastity. 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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