| 单词 | monogamy |
| 释义 | Related topics: Familymo·nog·a·my /məˈnɒɡəmi $ məˈnɑː-/ noun [uncountable] 1. SSFMARRYthe custom of being married to only one husband or wife 一夫一妻制 → bigamy, polygamy2 when a person or animal has a sexual relationship with only one partner 单配偶 Monogamy is rare in most animal groups, but is common among birds. 单配偶现象在大多数兽类群体里很少见，但在鸟类中却很常见。 —monogamous adjective We live in a monogamous society. 我们生活在一夫一妻制的社会里。 —monogamously adverbExamples from the Corpusmonogamy• Lufkin never demanded monogamy from her and she had no idea whether he slept with other women.• Not that socially imposed monogamy need extend to captive slaves.• It has not done so, however, by imposing monogamy on them.• The next commonest is monogamy - one male paired with one female.• As we shall see, the lesson they teach is that we are designed for a system of monogamy plagued by adultery.• It seems unlikely that monogamy is a natural state for the human animal.• Society pays noisy lip service to monogamy but, in reality, encourages affairs.• And be certain of your monogamy.Origin monogamy (1600-1700) French monogamie, from Late Latin, from Greek, from mono- ( → MONO-) + gamos “marriage”mo·nog·a·my nounChineseSyllable the being Corpus only of to married custom |
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