| 单词 | the age of consent |
| 释义 | the age of consenttheageat which someone isconsideredby thelawto beoldenough toagreeto havesexwith someone: Thisstatefinallyraisedtheageofconsentto 16 lastyear. People whoknowhimclaimthat heregularlyhasrelationshipswithgirlswho are below theageofconsent. Therelationshipwasconsensualand they were both above theageofconsent. Thatyearsheturned16, theageofconsentin herstate. See also agenoun(TIME SPENT ALIVE) Examplesofthe age of consentthe age of consent His analyses both of the legal history of theageofconsentand current political debates are well researched and scholarly. From theCambridge English Corpus The final chapter focuses on women's involvement in the late nineteenth-century debates surrounding conjugal rights,ageofconsentand child marriage. From theCambridge English Corpus However, the variations in the legalageofconsent(from 16 to 18 years) from one context to another clearly indicate the uncertainty about this developmental phenomenon. From theCambridge English Corpus We have proposed an equalageofconsentat 16. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Some have tried to suggest that maintaining a discriminatoryageofconsentis what the public want. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What has been the result of maintaining a discriminatoryageofconsent? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That has been the chief argument advanced against raising theageofconsent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, we feel that theageofconsentfor men should remain at 21, for two reasons. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Those commenting on theageofconsentto heterosexual intercourse are mainly opposed to any change. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I want theageofconsentto be seventeen, and the age of "reasonable cause" to be seventeen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I wonder how many ordinary people with teenage daughters want to see theageofconsentlowered to 14. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Theageofconsentis still valid because it exists for the protection of young people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Why should theageofconsentbe 16 for girls and 21 for boys? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have also considered the experience of other countries where theageofconsentis generally the same. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They say that they want to equalise theageofconsent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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