| 单词 | adultery |
| 释义 | adultery (once / 1168 pages) n Adultery is a word for cheating — cheating on your spouse with another person. Adultery isn’t a crime, but some people consider it a sin. If two people are dating, and one fools around with someone else, it's not adultery. Only married people can commit adultery. If you commit adultery — and your spouse finds out — then you’ve got a lot of explaining to do. Although it's still highly frowned upon, cultural attitudes toward adultery have changed a lot: the classic book The Scarlet Letter shows how harshly women were once treated for committing adultery. WORD FAMILYadultery: adulterer, adulteries, adulterous+/adulterer: adulterers/adulterous: adulterously USAGE EXAMPLESIn a peculiar move towards gender equality, Cameroon's parliament in June debated a new law which would see men who commit adultery sent to jail. BBC(Dec 23, 2016) There are regular reports of the Taliban putting women to death in areas they control for adultery or other alleged transgressions. BBC(Dec 19, 2016) As her horrified neighbors watched, extremists threw a third stone at the young woman, who was accused of adultery. Seattle Times(Dec 12, 2016) n extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce Syn|Hyper criminal conversation, fornication extramarital sex, free love sexual intercourse between individuals who are not married to one another |
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