| 单词 | civil union |
| 释义 | > as lemmascivil union civil union n. (a) a civil marriage (see sense A. 13b); (b) chiefly U.S. = civil partnership n. (b). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [noun] > manner of marrying > other types of wedding confarreation1598 farreation1656 coemption1676 Scotch marriage1762 foot washing1780 civil union1837 white wedding1840 hand-fastening1899 Anand Karaj1938 destination wedding1990 1837 Times 2 June 5/1 The company repaired to the hall of Henry II., where the civil union was performed... Baron Pasquier..drew up the civil act of marriage. 1934 I. Brown Master Sanguine 337 An immediate civil union before a Registrar and a quiet, unmolested honeymoon. 1992 Economist 2 May 49/2 Three French Socialist deputies have put forward proposals for a new ‘contract of civil union’. This would give an unmarried couple, of whatever sexual tendency, the same right as a married couple in regard to death duties, [etc.]. 2000 N.Y. Times 1 May a14/3 [Vermont] recently passed a bill creating civil unions that give gay couples the rights of marriage. 2004 Philadelphia Inquirer 13 June a11/1 Gay activists are urging a boycott of Virginia because of a new ban on civil unions and other marriagelike arrangements for same-sex couples. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。