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单词 childless
释义

Definition of childless in English:

childless

adjective ˈtʃʌɪldləsˈtʃaɪldləs
  • Not having any children.

    a childless couple
    I am childless by choice
    Example sentencesExamples
    • For them, a childless marriage is considered a great misfortune.
    • It is based on a fairy tale about a childless couple who adopt a tree stump that looks like a baby.
    • They are widowed, or have never married, and are generally childless.
    • In this system, childless women may raise a niece or nephew and grandparents may exercise parental control over a grandchild.
    • These different levels of adoption allow grandparents or childless siblings to maintain multigenerational domestic units.
    • The prospect of having to be childless added to her depression.
    • One is a stay-at-home mom who lives in the house where she grew up, while the other is a thrice-married, childless woman of the world.
    • The niece's son was the main beneficiary of the childless George's estate.
    • Our proposal multiplies benefits as the number of children increases, and provides additional benefits to childless taxpayers.
    • He left her a childless widow at the age of eighteen.

Derivatives

  • childlessness

  • noun ˈtʃʌɪldləsnəsˈtʃaɪldləsnəs
    mass noun
    • The state of having no children.

      some of the issues that surround childlessness, infertility, and parenthood
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Among childless women, psychological well-being is related to attitudes about childlessness.
      • Ultimately the whole issue goes back to how we view childlessness.
      • We hear about the deep, "private sorrow" of childlessness for some professional women.
 
 

Definition of childless in US English:

childless

adjectiveˈtʃaɪldləsˈCHīldləs
  • Not having any children.

    a childless couple
    I am childless by choice
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is based on a fairy tale about a childless couple who adopt a tree stump that looks like a baby.
    • One is a stay-at-home mom who lives in the house where she grew up, while the other is a thrice-married, childless woman of the world.
    • These different levels of adoption allow grandparents or childless siblings to maintain multigenerational domestic units.
    • In this system, childless women may raise a niece or nephew and grandparents may exercise parental control over a grandchild.
    • Our proposal multiplies benefits as the number of children increases, and provides additional benefits to childless taxpayers.
    • The niece's son was the main beneficiary of the childless George's estate.
    • He left her a childless widow at the age of eighteen.
    • For them, a childless marriage is considered a great misfortune.
    • The prospect of having to be childless added to her depression.
    • They are widowed, or have never married, and are generally childless.
 
 
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