a second wife

基本解释

• 后妻

英汉例句

双语例句

• Probably a widower enjoys a second wife as much as a widow enjoys her husband's life insurance .
  很可能，鳏夫之欣赏其第二任妻子，差不多等于寡妇之欣赏其前夫的人寿保险。
• "You may not have heard of a second appendix," he replied, "but surely you've heard of a second wife.
  你也许没听说过第二次患阑尾炎的，但你总听说过有人会有第二个妻子吧？
• After an expensive divorce and marriage to a second wife with no ability to budget, Ames found himself maxed out.
  恩慈经历了一次昂贵的离婚和一个缺少持家能力的第二任妻子，他便感到累得精疲力尽。

原声例句

• Now I have a wife. So it's gonna be easier for me to see the second one."
• Peter was the first child of his father's second wife and thus a potential threat to the ambition of the relatives of the first wife.
  彼得是他父亲与其第二任妻子的长子,因此对第一任妻子的亲戚们而言,彼得是他们的一个潜在威胁
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• His second wife was a Latvian peasant maid.
  他的第二任妻子是一位拉脱维亚农民出身的女佣
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权威例句

• Mr Turk rescued her from a life of potential dishonour by taking her under his wing as a second wife.
  ECONOMIST: Why a strong tradition persists in defiance of the law

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