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源自拉丁语 'alimonia'(意为生计、供养),17世纪通过法语进入英语。
❶ 离婚后一方定期支付给另一方的经济支持,通常用于维持生活开支,常见于法律协议中。
“She receives $2,000 a month in alimony from her ex-husband.”
(她每月从前夫那里获得2000美元的赡养费。)
“The court ordered him to pay alimony until his ex-wife remarries.”
(法院命令他支付赡养费,直到前妻再婚为止。)
pay alimony — 指按照法律协议定期向离婚配偶支付生活费用,通常由经济条件较好的一方承担。
“He has to pay alimony for the next five years.”
(他必须在未来五年内支付赡养费。)