polygamy
英 [pəˈlɪɡəmi]
美 [pəˈlɪɡəmi]
n. 一夫多妻(制)
BNC.37902 / COCA.18740
牛津词典
noun
- 一夫多妻（制）
the custom of having more than one wife at the same time
柯林斯词典
- 多配偶（制）；一夫多妻（制）；一妻多夫（制）
Polygamyis the custom in some societies in which someone can be legally married to more than one person at the same time.
英英释义
noun
- having more than one spouse at a time
双语例句
- I live in a place where polygamy is allowed, but generally avoided.
我生活在一个允许一夫多妻制、但男人大多只娶一个老婆的地方。 - And in a Gallup poll in 2006, Americans said adultery was morally worse than either polygamy or human cloning.
2006年盖洛普民意调查显示，在美国人看来，通奸在道德上比一夫多妻制或人类克隆更加恶劣。 - He banned child brides and polygamy, built Beijing's first subway line and started a space program with China's first satellite launch.
他废除了童养媳和一夫多妻制，建设了北京第一条地铁线路，开启了中国的人造卫星发射计划。 - Polygamy does not create extra wives – it just changes the dynamics of who marries whom.
一夫多妻制并不会创造额外的老婆，只会改变婚配机制。 - Just this week, news broke of a Michigan man who got busted for polygamy because he posted photos of his2nd wedding while still married to his first wife.
这个星期，一个在密歇根的男人因为在网上发布了自己第二次婚礼的照片而被发现重婚。他在没有跟自己第一个老婆接触婚约的情况下就进行了第二次婚礼。 - The Mormons, organizing themselves in response to a religious vision, practiced polygamy in all their settlements.
摩门教徒按照宗教幻想而组织起来，他们在自己的所有村落里实行一夫多妻制。 - I don't agree with either gay marriage or polygamy for exactly the same reason: both prevent marriage from fulfilling its primary goal.
我既不同意同性婚姻，也不赞成多配偶制，这完全是基于同样的理由：两者都妨碍婚姻实现自己的基本目标。 - Answer, it is a polygamy, is only in a unit, other beautiful girls of help on those plain girl will have been quietly we let him explain, he seals again.
回答说，也不是一夫多妻，只是一个单位里，那些不漂亮的姑娘会默默的帮助其他漂亮的姑娘我们再让他解释，他封口不谈了。 - Persian founder of babism, a19th-century religion that forbade polygamy, begging, trading in slaves, and the use of alcohol or drugs.
巴布教派的波斯创始人，该教为19世纪的宗教之一，该教禁止多配偶，乞讨，买卖奴隶和使用酒精及麻醉品。 - Marriage system in Qin Kingdom was composed of ranking polygamy for royal family and monogamy for common people.
秦国婚姻制度包括王室嫡庶妻等级婚制和庶民一夫一妻婚制。