- 1婚外的;婚外情
An extramarital sexual relationship is one that a married person has with someone who is not their husband or wife. Extra- here means outside; marital means to do with marriage. So it is sex outside the marriage. It is a fairly formal, slightly cold word — newspapers, lawyers, and doctors use it. Everyday speech more often says affair, or talks about cheating. It usually describes the relationship or the sex, not the person: you say an extramarital affair, not really an extramarital man. Though actually, the word is about marriage as a legal and social bond, not about whether the people are in love.
組成From extra-(在……之外)+ marital(跟婚姻有關的)。
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
extramaritaladj/ˌɛkstɹəˈmæɹɪtəl/
- 1
Occurring outside marriage.
- 2
Adulterous.
- David H. Petraeus, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency and one of America’s most decorated four-star generals, resigned on Friday after an F.B.I. investigation uncovered evidence that he had been involved in an extramarital affair.
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