in-law
英 ['inl?:]
美
- n. 姻親
英文詞源
- in-law (n.)
- 1894, "anyone of a relationship not natural," abstracted from father-in-law, etc.
The position of the 'in-laws' (a happy phrase which is attributed ... to her Majesty, than whom no one can be better acquainted with the article) is often not very apt to promote happiness. ["Blackwood's Magazine," 1894]
The earliest recorded use of the phrase is in brother-in-law (13c.); the law is Canon Law, which defines degrees of relationship within which marriage is prohibited.
雙語例句
- 1. No matter where you go in life or how old you get, there's always something new to learn about. After all, life is full of surprises.
- 不管你生活在哪里，你有多少歲，總有新東西要學習，畢竟，生活總是充滿驚喜。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
- 2. For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?
- 我們活著是為了什么？不就是給鄰居當笑柄，再反過來笑他們。
來自《傲慢與偏見》
- 3. If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.--Jean Paul Sartre
- 如果你獨處時感到寂寞，說明沒有把自己陪好。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
- 4. The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.
- 當你從內心深處找到一種可以忍受一切痛苦的堅強力量時，你的成長歷程就會出現飛躍。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
- 5. They have maintained their optimism in the face of desolating subjugation.
- 面對遭征服的悲慘命運，他們保持了樂觀的態度。
來自柯林斯例句