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polyamory 多角情爱
Polyamory is from the root words Poly meaning many and Amour meaning love hence“many loves”or Polyamory. The term has now entered the OED.
Many people find it hard to stick to the confines of a monogamous relationship. Which is why in America more and more are now choosing‘polyamory' - to live in‘group marriages'.
--“When two just won't do，”
The Guardian，Nov.14,2003
“Polyamory”是由两个词根即“Poly”和“Amour”组成，“Poly”意为“多”，“Amour”意为“情爱”，因此其意思为“多角情爱”。这个词现已被《牛津英语大辞典》收录。
许多人觉得难以恪守一夫一妻关系的限制，因此在美国，现在选择“多角情爱”,即过“群婚”生活的人越来越多。
--《当两个人就是不行的时候》
(英国《卫报》2003年11月14日)
starter marriage 初婚
A first marriage that lasts only a short time and that ends in a clean (i.e., no kids, no property, no acrimony) divorce.
“Marriage and family experts - psychologists, sociologists, lawyers and clergy - are beginning to look at these brief young unions, seeing in their implications a barometer of society's attitudes about marriage and divorce. Some say starter marriages signal the need for more premarital counseling.”
--“‘Starter' Marriages: So Early, So Brief,”
The New York Times
只维持了很短一段时间，以干净利落(即无孩子、无财产纠纷和尖刻言辞)的离婚告终的初次婚姻。
“婚姻与家庭专家--心理学家、社会学家、律师和神职人员--现在开始对年轻人的这种短暂婚姻进行研究，从其含意中看到社会对结婚和离婚的态度的变化。有人说，初次婚姻表明(年轻人)婚前有必要进行更多考虑和商量�！�
--《初次婚姻：如此早，如此短暂》
(《纽约时报》)
morganatic marriage 王族庶民婚
A marriage between a person of royal birth and a partner of lower rank, in which the latter has no royal status or title.
“It may be that many people in Britain would not seriously object to Charles marrying Camilla.... That being so, what should Camilla's status be? Our constitutional law, rightly, does not admit morganatic marriage.”
--“Don't they deserve a break now?”The Daily Mail (London)
出身王族的人与社会等级较低的伴侣间的婚姻，在这种婚姻中，后者没有王族身份或头衔。
“也许很多英国人不会认真反对查尔斯(王子)与卡米拉结婚……既然情况如此，那么卡米拉的身份该是什么呢？我们的宪法不允许王族庶民婚，这是正确的。”
--《他们现在是否该分手？》
(伦敦《每日邮报》)
