polygamy

单词polygamy

基本解释

n.: 一夫多妻（制）
网络: 一夫多妻制；多配偶制；多偶制

权威解释

• 一夫多妻（制）:

  the custom of having more than one wife at the same time

英汉解释

• 【植物;植物学】雌雄同株;杂性式

• 【动物;动物学】多配性,一雄多雌

• 多婚(制);多配偶;一夫多妻;一妻多夫

• 多妻或多夫

• 一雄多配

同义词

n.bigamyadultery

反义词

n.monogamy

例句

• Utah was all Mormon, except for the Indians, and the U. S. wouldn"t make it a state because of polygamy.

  犹他州之前除了印地安人外，都是摩门教徒，而且美国以前因为一夫多妻制不准许犹他州设州。

• The exact number of the marriage partners was not always specified, as various forms of polygamy were permitted in some cultures.

  当各种类型的多配偶婚姻在某些国家得到法律承认之时，婚姻伴侣的确切数目总未有规定。

• Under Islam, polygamy is allowed but only if the husband is able to treat all his wives equally.

  伊斯兰教义允许一夫多妻制存在，但只有当丈夫能够平等地对待他所有妻子。

• But the church officially rejected polygamy in eighteen fifty, the same year polygamy became illegal across the United States.

  但教会正式拒绝了十八个第五十一夫多妻制，同年一夫多妻制成为横跨美国是非法的。

• Aren"t our values better than those of the "primitive" societies that practice slavery, cannibalism, and polygamy?

  我们的价值观难道不比那些实践奴隶制度、食人俗和一夫多妻制的“原始”社会所奉行的价值观更好吗？

• At least in the recent past, the French authorities turned a blind eye to polygamy among north African migrants.

  至少不久之前，法国的北非移民还可以一夫多妻或一妻多夫，政府对此则是睁一眼闭一眼。

• Mormons were hounded out of the Eastern states, and persecuted in the West until they abandoned polygamy.

  摩门教徒（Mormons）从东部各州被赶出，直到放弃多配偶制以前，他们在西部一直遭受迫害。

• During Taylor"s presidency, the U. S. government intensified its campaign against polygamy.

  整个泰勒任期内，美国政府加强了对一夫多妻制的打击力度。

• Polygamy, according to the Court, clearly was subversive of good order and Congress could thus make the practice a crime.

  根据法院的意见，一夫多妻制明显破坏了良好秩序，因此国会能够将这种行为定为犯罪。

• He suggested family patterns, including polygamy and absent fathers, were a factor.

  他认为包括一夫多妻或者无父亲的单亲家庭等家庭模式是原因之一。