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。
• This same house rules mortgages, taxes, alimony, and child support, and inheritance, too.
  这一宫支配抵押，税务，赡养费，子女抚养费，以及遗产。
• Husbands end up paying the smallest alimony when no lawyers are involved.
  如果没有律师介入的话，丈夫最终支付的赡养费最少。
• 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）。
• If you still want money, then it isn't an alimony, it's severance pay.
  如果你坚持要钱的话，那也不是赡养费而是遣散费。
• Her ex-husband just disappeared with his girlfriend, so she is getting neither alimony nor child support.
  她的前夫刚刚与他的女友一同消失，这使得她变得既得不到生活费又得不到儿童赡养费。
• 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。
• You never realize how short a month is until you pay alimony.
  直至要支付赡养费为止，你决不会了解到一个月多么短促的。
• 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。