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Meaning of 孀居

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孀 shuāng 居 jū
to live in widowhood (formal)
Related Words
Synonym: 寡居
Example Sentences
1
一个孀居女子到马特洛克岛那样的蜜月胜地去度假
,
真是一件稀罕事
。
A lone woman going on holiday to a honeymoon island like Matlock was a contradiction in terms.
2
曾几何时
,
如果女王一身袭黑
,
像英国孀居的维多利亚
,
举国上下都在效仿
。
Once upon a time, if the queen wore black - as Britain' s widowed Victoria did - so did everyone in the nation.
3
在她生命的最后
13年
,
她孀居在她儿子统治的国家
,
那个国家不喜欢她
,
她儿子也恨她
。
For the last thirteen years of her life she was a widow in a land where she was not liked, ruled by a son who hated her.
4
但是在当时已经孀居的葛拉齐亚的帮助下
,
克利斯朵夫在瑞士度过了十年硕果累累的生活
。
But with the help of the now widowed Grazia, Christophe spent ten fruitful years in Switzerland.
5
我的外祖母生下
10
个子女
,
九个养大
,
其一夭折
,
此外多次流产
,
孀居后随即投身妇女高等教育
。
My maternal grandmother, after having nine children who survived, one who died in infancy, and many miscarriages, as soon as she became a widow, devoted herself to woman's higher education.