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Having to do with a husband or wife.
Having to do with跟 a husband or wife丈夫或妻子有關
It is a formal, rather legal word — you meet it in documents, insurance forms, court papers and news reports, almost never in ordinary talk. Common pairings: spousal support (money one person pays the other after a divorce, also called alimony), spousal benefits (health insurance or a pension that covers your husband or wife too), spousal visa, spousal abuse.
a formal, rather legal word是個正式、偏法律的詞,in documents, insurance forms, court papers and news reports在公文、保險表格、法院文件和新聞報導裡you meet it你會遇到它,almost never in ordinary talk幾乎不會出現在日常對話裡。Common pairings:常見的搭配有:spousal support (money one person pays the other after a divorce, also called alimony)spousal support(離婚後一方付給另一方的贍養費,也叫 alimony), spousal benefits (health insurance or a pension that covers your husband or wife too)spousal benefits(也涵蓋配偶的健保或退休金), spousal visaspousal visa(配偶簽證), spousal abusespousal abuse(家暴)。
In everyday English people just say 'my husband's', 'my wife's', or 'for married couples'.
In everyday English在日常英文裡 people just say大家就直接說 'my husband's''my husband's'(我先生的), 'my wife's''my wife's'(我太太的), or 'for married couples'或'for married couples'(給已婚夫妻的)。
There is also an old noun 'spousal' meaning a wedding or the act of marrying, but you will only meet that in old books and poems; treat it as dead.
There is also另外還有 an old noun 'spousal'一個古老的名詞 'spousal',meaning a wedding or the act of marrying意思是婚禮或結婚這件事,but you will only meet that in old books and poems但你只會在舊書和詩裡遇到它;treat it as dead把它當成死掉的字看待就好。
Note it is an adjective: it describes something else, so you cannot say 'my spousal' the way you say 'my spouse'.
Note要注意 it is an adjective它是形容詞:it describes something else它是用來形容別的東西,so you cannot say 'my spousal'所以不能說 'my spousal',the way you say 'my spouse'像說 'my spouse' 那樣。
組成spouse (husband or wife) + -al (the ending that turns a noun into 'relating to that thing', as in nation → national). The noun form has a different history: it came through Middle English spousaille from Old French espousaille, meaning the wedding itself.
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,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。
spousaladj詞源 1/ˈspaʊzəl/
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of or relating to marriage
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of or relating to a spouse, spouses; to the relationship between spouses
- There ſhall vvee conſummate our ſpouſall rites.
- We identify the degree of complementarity by calibrating #92;rho such that the model matches the reduced-form spousal spillover impact of the 2011 Norwegian pension reform.
spousalnoun詞源 2/ˈspaʊzəl/
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obsoleteEspousal; marriage; nuptials.
- The Spouſals of Hippolita the Queen;
- Knowing well to celebrate / With song and hue and star and state, / With tender light and youthful cheer, / The spousals of the new-born year.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。