alimony

英 [ˈælɪməni]

美 [ˈælɪmoʊni]

n.  (离婚后一方给另一方的)生活费，扶养费

复数：alimonies　

TEM8经济

BNC.37537 / COCA.20192

牛津词典

noun

• （离婚后一方给另一方的）生活费，扶养费
  the money that a court orders sb to pay regularly to their former wife or husband when the marriage is ended

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT （分居或离婚后根据法院指令定期付给对方的）赡养费
  Alimonyis money that a court of law orders someone to pay regularly to their former wife or husband after they have got divorced.
  1. A great deal of Jeff's money went in alimony to his three former wives.
     杰夫的很大一部分钱都用在了向他的前三任妻子支付赡养费。

英英释义

noun

• court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
  Synonym:maintenance

双语例句

• When his wife was awarded alimony by the court, Kerr had to ante up.
  当法庭判给他太太离婚赡养费时，克尔不得不付。
• Not every divorce has an alimony agreement.
  并不是每对夫妻离婚都有赡养费协议。
• She is implacable an adversary as a wife suing for alimony.
  有如诉讼要求赡养费的妻子一样，她是个难以折衷的对手。
• Tables have turned in US divorce courts with more women paying their former husbands alimony and child support than ever before, according to US lawyers.
  美国律师称，如今美国的离婚案审判发生了重大转变，越来越多的女性付赡养费和子女抚养费给前夫，这是前所未有的。
• It's alimony I got from my husband.
  那是我从我丈夫那得到的赡养费。
• You worry less about alimony and more about the victim.
  把赡养费看得比受害者还重要。
• Howard, you can't get the alimony and child support together.
  霍华德，你不能既付抚养费又付培养费。
• They have been fighting over alimony for a long time. I wonder what will become of them and their children?
  他们为赡养费争执这么久，不晓得他们和小孩会怎么样？
• If a marriage is relatively short and there are no children, the courts often refuse to award alimony.
  如婚姻存续期比较短，又没有孩子的话，法庭通常都不会判决赡养费。
• His ex-wife has upped the ante in her alimony suit against him.
  他的前妻在诉讼中要求提高赡养费。