| 单词 | life partner |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslife partner life partner n. either member of a couple in a romantic relationship which is regarded as permanent; a spouse; cf. partner n.1 5a.Formerly usually denoting a married person; now increasingly used to refer to a member of a couple in a long-standing relationship of any kind, so as to give equal recognition to marriage, cohabitation, same-sex relationships, etc. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > [noun] > spouse, consort, or partner ferec975 matchOE makec1175 spousea1200 lemanc1275 fellowc1350 likea1393 wed-ferea1400 partyc1443 espouse?c1450 bedfellow1490 yokefellow?1542 espousal1543 spouse1548 mate1549 marrow1554 paragon1557 yokemate1567 partner1577 better halfa1586 twin1592 moiety1611 copemate1631 consort1634 half-marrow1637 matrimonya1640 helpmeet1661 other half1667 helpmate1715 spousie1735 life companion1763 worse half1783 life partner1809 domestic partner1815 ball and chain1921 lover1969 1809 Lett. from Irish Student to Father II. xxxv. 273 The lady whom he had chosen as a life-partner. 1913 Maclean's June 123/1 The need of teaching boys and girls the essential facts of life, so as to equip them for the momentous time when they choose life partners. 1975 J. Plamenatz Karl Marx's Philos. of Man xiv. 400 This family..is set up by a man and a woman who come to love one another and who choose each other as life partners. 1982 Washington Post (Nexis) 3 Apr. k1 My life partner and my best friend is a man. Even if ‘marriage’ were legally obtainable between persons of the same sex, I seriously doubt the two of us would seek to obtain such legal recognition. 2000 J. Harvey Gimme Gimme Gimme (2002) 96/1 Are you trying to tell me that you're so desperate you'd trawl through Her Majesty's prison system to find yourself a life partner? < as lemmas |
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