| 单词 | sheltered existence |
| 释义 | > as lemmassheltered existence b. sheltered life, a life protected from the ordinary hazards and hardships of living. Also sheltered existence. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > way of life > [noun] > specific sheltered life1888 douceur de vivre1907 lifestyle1915 Lebensform1925 douceur de la vie1941 good life1954 alternative lifestyle1968 slow lane1972 champagne lifestyle1973 1888 R. Kipling Thrown Away in Plain Tales from Hills 14 There was a Boy once who had been brought up under the ‘sheltered life’ theory; and the theory killed him dead. 1920 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Feb. 185/1 Three thousand dollars and no business experience, thirty-three years of sheltered life, and two children under ten years of age—this was my problem when I was left a widow. 1937 P. G. Wodehouse Summer Moonshine (1938) xix. 221 Hers had been a sheltered life... She had never been brought face to face with tragedy. 1959 J. Kirkup tr. S. de Beauvoir Mem. Dutiful Daughter ii. 117 She led a very sheltered existence in the Basque country, where there were not many eligible young men. 1977 W. H. S. Smith Young Man's Country ii. 35 I had lived a fairly sheltered life in England... Now for the first time in a position of responsibility and power, I was learning how people behave. < as lemmas |
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