polygamy
polygamy 英 [pə'lɪgəmɪ] 美 [pə'lɪɡəmi]
n. 一夫多妻，一妻多夫，多配偶
名词复数:polygamies
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- n. 一夫多妻，一妻多夫，多配偶
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1. Some esperts point out that polygamy is taking on new forms in urban society, where men still marry several women.
一些专家指出，一夫多妻正在以新的形式出现在城市社会中，在那里男人仍然会与几个女人结婚。
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2. However, Woodruff's pronouncement, theManifesto, forbade polygamy only in the United States, and for a decade or so it continued in Mexico and other places outside the U.S. government's jurisdiction.
然而，伍德罗夫关于禁止一夫多妻的宣言仅在美国生效，在墨西哥和其他美利坚合众国政府管辖权之外的地区，这一制度仍继续存在了十年左右。
- polygamy (n.) 1590s, from Late Latin polygamia, from Late Greek polygamia "polygamy," from polygamos "often married," from polys "many" + gamos "marriage" (see gamete). Not etymologically restricted to marriage of one man and multiple women (technically polygyny), but often used as if it were. Related: Polygamist.
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