polygamy

释义

n.

一夫多妻, 一妻多夫

n.

一夫多妻，一妻多夫，多配偶

n.

一夫多妻制， 一妻多夫制

n.

一夫多妻制， 一妻多夫制， 多配偶制

在例句中理解 4 句

1. In endorsing polygamy, these women, particularly those in remote rural areas without running water, may be less concerned with loneliness than with something more pragmatic: help with the chores.

   在签署一夫多妻协议时，这些女性，尤其是边远地区连自来水都没有的地方的女性，可能比起孤独更需要实际的东西：帮忙做家务。

2. However, Woodruff's pronouncement, theManifesto, forbade polygamy only in the United States, and for a decade or so it continued in Mexico and other places outside the U.S. government's jurisdiction.

   然而，伍德罗夫关于禁止一夫多妻的宣言仅在美国生效，在墨西哥和其他美利坚合众国政府管辖权之外的地区，这一制度仍继续存在了十年左右。

3. Abuse and coercion are only the most obvious dangers of polygamy .

   滥交和强迫性行为只是一夫多妻制最显见的危害所在。

4. The sect, which broke from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints more than a century ago, believes polygamy brings glorification in heaven.

   这个教派，原本是一个多世纪以前从摩门教末世圣徒教会分离出来的，相信一夫多妻制可以升上天堂。