alimony

漢語翻譯

詞型變化：

英文解釋：

名詞 alimony:

1. court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
   同義詞：maintenance

例句：

1. An allowance for support made under court order to a divorced person by the former spouse, usually the chief provider during the marriage. Alimony may also be granted without a divorce, as between legally separated persons.
   贍養費按照法庭判決離婚後的原配偶－－通常為夫妻中收入較多的一方給另一方的供養補助。贍養費亦可付給並未離婚的雙方中的一方，如在合法分居時
2. Alimony is like buying oats for a dead horse.
   給離婚妻子的贍養費，等於給死馬買燕麥。
3. She is implacable an adversary as a wife suing for alimony.
   有如訴訟要求贍養費的妻子一樣，她是個難以折衷的對手。