【alimony】 - A-level备考词汇

alimony

UK:  [ˈæliməni]

US:  [ˈæliˌmoʊni]

n.

1.赡养费; 生活费

1 . If the husband hires a lawyer, but his wife does not, the alimony payment rises (and then there are fees to be paid, too).
如果丈夫聘请律师，而妻子没有，那么赡养费支出上升（此外还要支付一些费用）。

2 . But we think this is nothing but a smoke screen for his plan to divorce her for a younger woman and save paying her a lot of alimony.
但是，我们认为这是他使用的烟幕，以掩盖他为了一个年轻女人而跟太太离婚的计划。说他太太有外遇就可以使他不用付他太太大笔抚养费。

3 . To say his wife has extramarital relationship with others can help him not to pay his wife a large amount of alimony.
说他太太有外遇就可以使他不用付他太太大笔扶养费。

4 . He also had two dull sons by his first wife, Flo, and was up to his neck in alimony and child support.
因为要支付赡养费和儿子的抚养费，他已是焦头烂额。

5 . The Court struck down a state law under which husbands but never wives might be required to pay alimony.
法院推翻了要求丈夫但从不要求妻子支付赡养费的一项州法。