polygyny
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英 [pə'lɪdʒənɪ]
美 [pə'lɪdʒənɪ]
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- n.
- 一夫多妻制
- [植]多雌蕊
- 多偶婚
单词词源
polygyny 一夫多妻制
poly-,多，复，聚，-gyn,女人，词源同queen,gynecology.
双语例句
- 1. Most women benefit from polygyny , while most men benefit from monogamy
- 大多数女人在一夫多妻制中受益，而大多数男人在一夫一妻制中受益。
- 2. So polygyny increases competitive pressure on men , especially young men of low status .
- 所以，一夫多妻导致男人们之间的竞争加剧，特别是社会地位较低的青壮年。
- 3. Among primate and nonprimate species , the degree of polygyny highly correlates with the degree to which males of a species are larger than females .
- 在各种灵长类和非灵长类的生物中，某个物种一夫多妻的程度跟它们雄性的体格比雌性大的程度密切相关。
- 4. From ancient polygyny to the free love of the 1970s to the polyamorists of today , a peek inside the hidden world of multi-partner relationships .
- 从古代的一夫多妻到20世纪70年代的自由恋爱，再到今日的多边婚姻者，让我们窥探一下多偶关系那隐藏的世界吧。
- 5. Dr clutton-brock reckons that the sex difference in both human rates of ageing and in the usual age of death is an indicator that polygyny was the rule in humanity 's evolutionary past-as it still is , in some places .
- 克拉顿布劳克博士猜测，两性在人类衰老速率及一般死亡年龄中的差别显示了一夫多妻制在人类过去的进化中是主导，现今在某些地方仍是如此。