| 单词 | cohabit |
| 释义 | cohabit (koʊhæbɪt ) Word forms: cohabits , cohabiting , cohabited verb If two people are cohabiting, they are living together and have a sexual relationship, but are not married. [formal] In Italy people hardly ever cohabit. [VERB] ...a study of 616 adults who have cohabited with a partner during the past ten years. [VERB + with] The number of couples who cohabit is rising dramatically. [VERB] cohabitation (koʊhæbɪteɪʃən ) uncountable noun The decline in marriage has been offset by a rise in cohabitation. Collocations: cohabiting couple But, for a cohabiting couple, a judge's hands are completely tied. Times, Sunday Times It gradually evolved and has recently entered the legal lexicon as an official term for one half of a cohabiting couple - taking away the romance, but adding a little respectability. Times, Sunday Times In a similar case involving a cohabiting couple in 2007 it was accepted that deceit was involved but the outcome of the case not made public. Times, Sunday Times The average cohabiting couple last just three years, while the average marriage lasts 12 years. Times, Sunday Times She said the family of a cohabiting couple could face an extra 70,000 inheritance tax bill. The Sun It will simply recognise that where people choose to enter into unmarried cohabiting relationships, they need appropriate legal protection. Times, Sunday Times The rates of formation and breakdown of uncommitted cohabiting relationships, the chief driver of family breakdown, with its attendant devastating fallout, rise inexorably. Times, Sunday Times The act also provides rights for participants in long-term cohabiting relationships who have not entered into a civil partnership or marriage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 同居 Japanese: 同棲する |
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