英语词汇“helpmate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

helpmate

/ˈhɛlpmeɪt

(also helpmeet)

noun

A helpful companion or partner, especially one’s husband or wife: she acted as his pleasant but by no means uncritical helpmate...

And I think that Jack Kennedy discovered what a wonderful helpmate and wife she was in those years.
She was meant to be his companion, his helpmeet, and this required a level of education that fitted her for this role.
Evangelical ideals of husbands' headship as providers, leaders and decision-makers, and wives' subordination as helpmates and mothers were ideally matched to post-War ideals for family life.

Synonyms

companion, partner, associate, assistant, helper, helpmeet, attendant, escort;

supporter, friend

spouse, partner, consort, mate, husband, wife

informal other half, better half

Origin

Late 17th century (as helpmeet): from an erroneous reading of Gen. 2:18, 20, where Adam's future wife is described as ‘an help meet for him’ (i.e. a suitable helper for him). The variant helpmate came into use in the early 18th century.

单词	helpmate
释义	helpmate /ˈhɛlpmeɪt / (also helpmeet) noun A helpful companion or partner, especially one’s husband or wife: she acted as his pleasant but by no means uncritical helpmate... And I think that Jack Kennedy discovered what a wonderful helpmate and wife she was in those years. She was meant to be his companion, his helpmeet, and this required a level of education that fitted her for this role. Evangelical ideals of husbands' headship as providers, leaders and decision-makers, and wives' subordination as helpmates and mothers were ideally matched to post-War ideals for family life. Synonyms companion, partner, associate, assistant, helper, helpmeet, attendant, escort; supporter, friend spouse, partner, consort, mate, husband, wife informal other half, better half Origin Late 17th century (as helpmeet): from an erroneous reading of Gen. 2:18, 20, where Adam's future wife is described as ‘an help meet for him’ (i.e. a suitable helper for him). The variant helpmate came into use in the early 18th century.
随便看	Malachi malachigan malachite malachite green malachite kingfisher malachite sunbird malacho malacia malacic malaco- malacoderm malacolite malacological malacologist malacology malacon malacopterygian malacosteon Malacostraca malacostracan malacostracous maladaptation maladapted maladaptive maladaptively