significant other

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

這個字我們還沒有寫成教學內容。以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,方便你先看懂它的意思。

significant othernoun

  • 1

    One's exclusive romantic partner.

    • Almost half of working women who are married or live with a partner are seeing their significant other only in passing because the two work different shifts, an AFL-CIO poll found.
    • More than half (57 percent) of consumers think it would be wonderfully romantic if their significant other booked tickets for a surprise international trip.
  • 2

    A person with whom one has an important bond of some kind.

    • Dr. Nogueira said it was always preferable to have coaches drawn from a school's staff because a coach "is a significant other" to a student.
    • As in the rest of the hospital, a family member or "significant other" such as a lover or close friend, is allowed to spend the night in a patient's room on a cot.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。