in-law
英 ['inl?:]
美
- n. 姻亲
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 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，你有多少岁，总有新东西要学习，毕竟，生活总是充满惊喜。
来自金山词霸 每日一句
- 2. For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?
- 我们活着是为了什么？不就是给邻居当笑柄，再反过来笑他们。
来自《傲慢与偏见》
- 3. If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.--Jean Paul Sartre
- 如果你独处时感到寂寞，说明没有把自己陪好。
来自金山词霸 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.
- 当你从内心深处找到一种可以忍受一切痛苦的坚强力量时，你的成长历程就会出现飞跃。
来自金山词霸 每日一句
- 5. They have maintained their optimism in the face of desolating subjugation.
- 面对遭征服的悲惨命运，他们保持了乐观的态度。
来自柯林斯例句