widowhood


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."

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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。
来自柯林斯例句
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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
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?
来自汉英文学 - 围城
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.
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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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