concubines

英 [ˈkɒŋkjʊbaɪnz]

美 [ˈkɑnkjəˌbaɪnz]

n.  (尤指旧时某些社会里的)妾，姨太太，小老婆
concubine的复数

柯林斯词典

• (旧时的)姘妇，情妇，妾
  In former times, aconcubinewas a woman who lived with and had a sexual relationship with a man of higher social rank without being married to him.

双语例句

• The warlord treated his concubines as graceful playthings.
  那个军阀把他的小妾当作美丽的玩物。
• Concubines resulted from the marriage system of monogamy with several concubines, and the system of concubines developed to the top in the Qing Dynasty.
  妾是古代一夫一妻多妾婚姻制度的产物，妾制到清代发展到顶峰。
• No less captive within the Forbidden City were the imperial concubines.
  紫禁城里最可怜的奴隶是皇帝的嫔妃。
• Eversince there were emperors and palaces, there has been imperial food, which was served mainly to the emperors, their wives and concubines, and the royal families.
  自从有皇帝和宫殿，人们帝国的食物，这是担任主要皇帝，他们的妻子和小妾，以及王室。
• In the view of men with a sense of decency and honour, of all the means people employ to gain wealth and riches, few would not cause their wives and concubines to weep together in shame.
  在君子看来，在所有追求荣华富贵的人中，能让他们的妻子和妾不觉得羞耻的，已经很少了。
• Girls see him, would go home and tell their parents that they would rather be his concubines than marry any others.
  女孩子见到他，就回家对父母说。宁愿做他的小妾，也不愿嫁给任何人。
• Having one head or chief wife at a time ( along with concubines).
  在一定时期只有一个领头的或主要妻子的（包括有妾室的）。
• Wives, concubines, daughters and nieces were indiscriminately thrown into the battle for land.
  不论妻、妾、千金，还是侄女、外甥女，统统都被地主当作了为争夺土地而战的武器。
• The king had four wives and twenty concubines.
  这个国王有四个妻子和二十个妃子。
• The gentry in ancient times were eminent, with a wife and many concubines.
  古代的贵族们都地位显赫，妻妾成群。