alimony

英 [ˈælɪməni]

美 [ˈælɪmoʊni]

n.  (离婚后一方给另一方的)生活费，扶养费

复数：alimonies　

TEM8经济

BNC.37537 / COCA.20192

牛津词典

noun

• （离婚后一方给另一方的）生活费，扶养费
  the money that a court orders sb to pay regularly to their former wife or husband when the marriage is ended

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT （分居或离婚后根据法院指令定期付给对方的）赡养费
  Alimonyis money that a court of law orders someone to pay regularly to their former wife or husband after they have got divorced.
  1. A great deal of Jeff's money went in alimony to his three former wives.
     杰夫的很大一部分钱都用在了向他的前三任妻子支付赡养费。

英英释义

noun

• court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
  Synonym:maintenance

双语例句

• They have been fighting over alimony for a long time. I wonder what will become of them and their children?
  他们为赡养费争执这么久，不晓得他们和小孩会怎么样？
• In many states, no alimony is awarded if both spouses are able to support themselves.
  在很多州份，如夫妇双方都能自给自足，是不会判决赡养费的。
• Her ex-husband just disappeared with his girlfriend, so she is getting neither alimony nor child support.
  她的前夫刚刚与他的女友一同消失，这使得她变得既得不到生活费又得不到儿童赡养费。
• I've got an ex who pisses away my alimony on booze and hookers.
  我前夫那我的赡养费去喝酒和召妓。
• She is implacable an adversary as a wife suing for alimony.
  有如诉讼要求赡养费的妻子一样，她是个难以折衷的对手。
• This same house rules mortgages, taxes, alimony, and child support, and inheritance, too.
  这一宫支配抵押，税务，赡养费，子女抚养费，以及遗产。
• If you still want money, then it isn't an alimony, it's severance pay.
  如果你坚持要钱的话，那也不是赡养费而是遣散费。
• Tables have turned in US divorce courts with more women paying their former husbands alimony and child support than ever before, according to US lawyers.
  美国律师称，如今美国的离婚案审判发生了重大转变，越来越多的女性付赡养费和子女抚养费给前夫，这是前所未有的。
• You never realize how short a month is until you pay alimony.
  直至要支付赡养费为止，你决不会了解到一个月多么短促的。
• If a marriage is relatively short and there are no children, the courts often refuse to award alimony.
  如婚姻存续期比较短，又没有孩子的话，法庭通常都不会判决赡养费。