polygyny

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基本釋義

n.
一夫多妻制; [植]多雌蕊; 多偶婚

實用例句

Men live in polygyny, while women in polyandry.

男子過著多妻制的生活,而婦女則過著多夫制的生活。

辭典例句

McLennan knew only three forms of marriage: polygyny, polyandry and monogamy.

麥克倫南只知道三種婚姻形式: 一夫多妻制, 一妻多夫制和個體婚制.

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It was polygyny that accounts for human females'general longevity over males.

正是一夫多妻制使得女性比男性更加長壽.

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But to allow polygyny but not polyandry would be to discriminate against women.

但是如果允許一夫多妻制卻禁止一妻多夫制,那么可能就會是對婦女的一種歧視.

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英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. having more than one wife at a time

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