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单词 unmarried
释义
unmarriedun‧mar‧ried /ˌʌnˈmærid◂/ ●○○ adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Unmarried mothers can usually receive help from the State or Federal governments.
  • Mrs Travis has three unmarried sons.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Between one-fifth and one-half of all unmarried teenagers in developing countries are sexually active, according to the Worldwatch Institute.
  • Everyone thought he had died unmarried, but that was not true.
  • For several years she made tours of the Continent with her elder unmarried sister, Caroline.
  • He is generally unmarried, even though he may have had a shady past which included associating with women.
  • Instead, black married women stopped having so many children; black unmarried women continued to have them as before.
  • Tampons were not allowed, being considered unsuitable for unmarried girls.
  • That remarkable face is also the object of a pilgrimage of unmarried females.
  • The unmarried woman is anxious about the affairs of the Lord; the married woman is anxious about worldly affairs.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatornot married
· He told her he wasn't married, but he was lying.· Jeff and Paula have two children, but they're not actually married.
someone who is single is not married or is not in a permanent romantic relationship with anyone: · Please fill in the section on the form that asks if you're single, married or divorced.· At my age it's difficult to meet single women.single parent: · Many of the children at the school come from single parent families.single mother: · I'm a single mother, so I don't have much money.
an unmarried person is someone who has never been married: · Mrs Travis has three unmarried sons.unmarried mother: · Unmarried mothers can usually receive help from the State or Federal governments.
a man who has never been married: · Ben was the only bachelor among all the married couples and felt quite out of place.somebody's bachelor days: · Now that Derek's bachelor days were over he'd have to start behaving in a more responsible manner.bachelor flat: · His home had the look of a bachelor flat - clean but empty.
a word meaning a woman who has never married, especially a woman who is no longer young, which some people now think is offensive: · Both my father's sisters were spinsters.spinster aunt/sister/lady etc: · Sally lives with her mother and her spinster aunt.
rich, attractive, and not married, and therefore very desirable as a husband or wife: · His father had suggested several eligible middle class girls to him.eligible bachelor: · The world saw Jack as a rich eligible bachelor, but really he was very shy.
WORD SETS
baby, nounbarrier method, nounbetrothal, nounboy, nounBr., branch, nouncontraception, nouncousin, noundescendant, noundescent, noundistant, adjectivedivorce, noundivorce, verbdivorced, adjectivedivorcée, noundomestic, adjectivedowry, noundynasty, nounex, nounextended family, nounfamilial, adjectivefamily man, nounfamily planning, nounfamily tree, nounfather, nounfather-in-law, nounfiancé, nounfiancée, nounfilial, adjectivefirst cousin, noungodchild, noungoddaughter, noungrandad, noungrandaddy, noungrandchild, noungranddad, noungranddaddy, noungranddaughter, noungrandfather, noungrandma, noungrandmother, noungrandpa, noungrandparent, noungrandson, noungranny, nounhalf-brother, nounhalf-sister, nounhereditary, adjectivehouse husband, nounin-laws, nounintermarry, verbmaiden aunt, nounmaid of honour, nounmam, nounmama, nounmamma, nounmammy, nounman, nounmarital, adjectivematrimony, nounmiscegenation, nounmixed marriage, nounmonogamy, nounnuclear family, nounoedipal, adjectiveOedipus complex, nounone-parent family, nounparent, nounparentage, nounparental, adjectiveparenthood, nounparenting, nounpaternity, nounpaternity suit, nounpatriarch, nounpatriarchy, nounpedigree, nounpolygamy, nounpropinquity, nounproposal, nounrelative, nounscion, nounseparate, verbseparated, adjectiveseparation, nounsibling, nounsingle parent, nounsister, nounsister-in-law, nounstepbrother, nounstepchild, nounstepdaughter, nounstepfather, nounstepmother, nounstepsister, nounstepson, noununcle, noununion, noununmarried, adjectiveupbringing, nounwedding, nounwedlock, nounwhite wedding, nounwidow, nounwidower, nounwidowhood, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· She rented the room to a young, unmarried couple.
· He died unmarried in 1922.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· But marriage is still more stable than cohabiting: unmarried couples who live together are four times more likely to split up.· The U. S. Census Bureau re-ports that there were 3. 5 million unmarried couples living together in 1993.· An unmarried couple splitting up can also face legal problems.· That same freedom was later guaranteed, under the Equal Protection Clause, for unmarried couples.· As far as inheriting property is concerned, the position for married and unmarried couples couldn't be more different.
· Hardly any have unmarried daughters, who in the past were most often expected to do the caring.· Mary Keane is the unmarried daughter of a farmer.· She walked out of the family home with the two unmarried daughters.· On her latest trip to New York City, my grandmother had taken her unmarried daughter, Mimi, along.· Her unmarried daughters Florence, Bertha and Jessie, however, lived at home and gave her what comfort they could.
· Tampons were not allowed, being considered unsuitable for unmarried girls.· But there was something fishy about those actresses because nine months after they had left even unmarried girls found themselves with child.· Some of us might be young unmarried girls, others aged ladies of 40 or 50.· The Michigan House of Representatives passed a bill on Dec. 8 requiring parental consent for unmarried girls under 18 to have abortions.
· Instead, black married women stopped having so many children; black unmarried women continued to have them as before.· And non-poor unmarried women are deciding to have and keep their babies with far greater frequency than in previous eras.· The number of births to married women each year according to their parity is known, but not for unmarried women.· The unmarried woman is anxious about the affairs of the Lord; the married woman is anxious about worldly affairs.· They were partially successful in 1907, when unmarried women ratepayers were allowed to stand as candidates.· In the world before the camps, the unmarried women and men I knew lived separately.· Marital Status Married women are less likely to move than unmarried women.· The legislation would also provide cash benefits to states that reduce births by unmarried women.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounmarriageremarriageadjectivemarriedunmarriedmarriageableverbmarryremarry
not married SYN  single:  unmarried mothers
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