sons-in-law
plural ofson-in-law
| 单词 | sons-in-law |
| 释义 | sons-in-law plural ofson-in-law Examplesofsons-in-lawsons-in-law Their connections were those of fathers andsons-in-law, brothers-in-law and distant in-law relations. From theCambridge English Corpus Parents with no daughters developed close relationships with their daughtersin-law and parents without sons became close to theirsons-in-law. From theCambridge English Corpus Some were even quite pleased because they had never much liked theirsons-in-lawanyway. From theCambridge English Corpus Given the expected importance of gender for informal ties, tables present figures separately for older men and women, sons and daughters, andsons-in-lawand daughters-in-law. From theCambridge English Corpus Despite the dominance of intra-family support, the reported figures may well be under-estimates since some in the ' other persons ' category may be parents-in-law, daughters/sons-in-lawor other relatives by marriage. From theCambridge English Corpus These indicators of expressive support show relatively less reliance on friends and neighbours followed more distantly by daughters-in-law andsons-in-law. From theCambridge English Corpus However, the remaining heirs include two women and threesons-in-law, or the adopted spouses of heiresses. From theCambridge English Corpus Heirs were assumed to be natural sons and were replaced by adopted sons orsons-in-lawif there was no natural heir. From theCambridge English Corpus Dowries and bridewealth payments are thus the price necessary to gain the economic and cultural benefits ofsons-in-lawand daughters respectively. From theCambridge English Corpus In a number of cases,sons-in-lawor more distant relatives were preferred to sons as successors to the holding. From theCambridge English Corpus He loved his family fiercely, two daughters and a stepson, six grandchildren and charming and talentedsons-in-law. From theCambridge English Corpus It became increasingly less likely that daughters (andsons-in-law) would come to head the parental household. From theCambridge English Corpus Friends, daughters-in-law,sons-in-law, and neighbours are also mentioned by substantial proportions of older people. From theCambridge English Corpus Between 84 and 96 per cent of the retirement contracts among freeholders involved parents and children (includingsons-in-law), while the corresponding proportion was much lower among tenant farmers. From theCambridge English Corpus More adopted sons andsons-in-lawbecame heads upon the retirement of the previous head than upon his death, probably because adopted sons needed a prolonged induction into the headship. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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