➡ See also the entry for ⇨ partner2另见partner条第2义wife ♦︎ husband ♦︎ spouse ♦︎ hubby ♦︎ missusThese are all words for the man or woman a person is married to.这些词均表示配偶。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a good / loving / faithful wife / husband◆sb's darling / dear wife / husband◆sb's. first / second, etc. wife / husband◆sb's future wife / husband / spouse◆sb's wife / husband-to-be◆sb's former / ex- / late / estranged wife / husband / spouse◆to marry / divorce / leave / walk out on your wife / husband■wife [countable] the woman that a man is married to; a married woman妻子；太太；已婚妇女◆This is my wife, Julie.这是我妻子朱莉。◆At that time there was an increase in the number of working wives.那时已婚职业妇女的人数增加了。■husband [countable] the man that a woman is married to; a married man丈夫；已婚男子◆He is her second husband.他是她的第二任丈夫。◆It had been a shock to find himself a husband and father.发现自己已为人夫、为人父，他着实吃了一惊。■spouse / /spaʊs/ / [countable] (formalorlaw法律) a husband or wife配偶◆Fill in your spouse's name here.在这儿填上配偶的姓名。▸spousal / /ˈspaʊzl, ˈspaʊsl/
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[only before noun] (NAmE, formal) ◆spousal consent / support配偶的同意／支持◆spousal abuse虐待配偶NOTE辨析 Wife/husband or spouse?Spouse is used in more formal contexts and especially in written English. Spouse is useful if you need one word to refer to both male and female partners. * spouse用于较正式的语境，尤用于书面语。如果需要用一个词同时指妻子或丈夫的话，就可以用spouse◆All employees and their spouses or partners are invited to attend.所有员工及其配偶或伴侣都获邀参加。However, for speaking in most contexts, it is more usual to say husband and/or wife or husbands and/or wives.但是在大多数语境下，口语表述时通常用husband and/or wife或husbands and/or wives◆We are all married, and we all brought our husbands and wives to the party.我们都结婚了，都带着自己的另一半参加了聚会。 see also partner ⇨ partner2■hubby [countable] (informal, especiallyspoken) a woman's husband老公；丈夫◆She and her hubby are both doctors.她和丈夫都是医生。ⓘ Hubby is used especially in spoken English, and is often used without an article or pronoun, such as a, my, her, etc. * hubby尤用于口语，常常不与冠词或代词如a、my、her等连用◆She went out, leaving hubby to put the kids to bed.她出去了，留下丈夫哄孩子们睡觉。■missus ( missis) /ˈmɪsɪz/ / [singular] (used after the, my, your or his用于the、my、your或his之后) (informal, especiallyspoken, oftenhumorous) a man's wife老婆；妻子◆How's the missus(= your wife)?你老婆怎么样？◆My missus won't let me smoke in the house.我太太不让我在家里抽烟。