cohabit
柯林斯詞典
1. V-RECIP If two people are cohabiting, they are living together and have a sexual relationship, but are not married. 同居[正式]
About one-third of all people cohabit at some time in their lives. 大約有三分之一的人曾與人同居。
The dentist left his wife of 15 years and openly cohabited with his receptionist. 那個(gè)牙醫(yī)離開(kāi)了和他生活了15年的妻子,與自己診所的接待員公開(kāi)同居。
Any lawyer will tell you, if you're cohabiting and the man leaves you, you haven't got a leg to stand on. 所有的律師都會(huì)告訴你說(shuō),如果和你同居的男人離開(kāi)了你,你沒(méi)有權(quán)利要求經(jīng)濟(jì)補(bǔ)償。
2. cohabitationN-UNCOUNT
The decline in marriage has been offset by a rise in cohabitation. 同居人數(shù)的增加跟結(jié)婚人數(shù)的減少相抵消。
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cohabit /k???h?b?t/ (cohabiting,cohabited,cohabits)
劍橋詞典
- If two people , especially a man and woman who are not married , cohabit, they live together and have a sexual relationship .
(尤指未婚男女)同居
About 23 percent of men and women aged 25 to 34 told researchers they had previously cohabited with a partner without it leading to marriage . 年齡在25至34歲之間的男女約有23%的人告訴研究者,他們有過(guò)同居而最終沒(méi)有結(jié)婚的經(jīng)歷。
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