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adultery n.通奸 (1) 圣经说通奸是罪恶。(2) 她与那个男人有奸情。(3) 他因为被控有通奸行为而遭开除。(4) 听到约翰逊因通奸而被其妻子离弃，我大吃一惊。 If two people are dating, and one fools around with someone else, it's not adultery. Only married people can commit adultery. If you commit adultery — and your spouse finds out — then you’ve got a lot of explaining to do. Although it's still highly frowned upon, cultural attitudes toward adultery have changed a lot: the classic book The Scarlet Letter shows how harshly women were once treated for committing adultery.

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英 [ə'dʌltəri] 美 [ə'dʌltəri] (1) The Bible says adultery is a sin.(2) She has an adultery affair with the man.(3) He was fired because he was accused of adultery.(4) I was surprised to hear that Johnson had been divorced by his wife on the grounds of adultery. Adultery is a word for cheating — cheating on your spouse with another person. Adultery isn’t a crime, but some people consider it a sin. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]通奸；婚外性行为 If a married person commits adultery, they have sex with someone that they are not married to. She is going to divorce him on the grounds of adultery.她以丈夫搞婚外情为由要求离婚。

英语单词	adultery
英美音标	英 [ə'dʌltəri] 美 [ə'dʌltəri]
中文释义	n.通奸
英语例句	(1) The Bible says adultery is a sin. (2) She has an adultery affair with the man. (3) He was fired because he was accused of adultery. (4) I was surprised to hear that Johnson had been divorced by his wife on the grounds of adultery.
中文例句	(1) 圣经说通奸是罪恶。 (2) 她与那个男人有奸情。 (3) 他因为被控有通奸行为而遭开除。 (4) 听到约翰逊因通奸而被其妻子离弃，我大吃一惊。
vocabulary简明	Adultery is a word for cheating — cheating on your spouse with another person. Adultery isn’t a crime, but some people consider it a sin.
vocabulary扩展	If two people are dating, and one fools around with someone else, it's not adultery. Only married people can commit adultery. If you commit adultery — and your spouse finds out — then you’ve got a lot of explaining to do. Although it's still highly frowned upon, cultural attitudes toward adultery have changed a lot: the classic book The Scarlet Letter shows how harshly women were once treated for committing adultery.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]通奸；婚外性行为 If a married person commits adultery, they have sex with someone that they are not married to. She is going to divorce him on the grounds of adultery. 她以丈夫搞婚外情为由要求离婚。

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