cohabit
柯林斯詞典
1. V-RECIP If two people are cohabiting, they are living together and have a sexual relationship, but are not married. 同居[正式]
About one-third of all people cohabit at some time in their lives. 大約有三分之一的人曾與人同居。
The dentist left his wife of 15 years and openly cohabited with his receptionist. 那個牙醫(yī)離開了和他生活了15年的妻子，與自己診所的接待員公開同居。
Any lawyer will tell you, if you're cohabiting and the man leaves you, you haven't got a leg to stand on. 所有的律師都會告訴你說，如果和你同居的男人離開了你，你沒有權(quán)利要求經(jīng)濟補償。
2. cohabitationN-UNCOUNT
The decline in marriage has been offset by a rise in cohabitation. 同居人數(shù)的增加跟結(jié)婚人數(shù)的減少相抵消。
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cohabit /k???h?b?t/ (cohabiting,cohabited,cohabits)
劍橋詞典
- If two people , especially a man and woman who are not married , cohabit, they live together and have a sexual relationship .
（尤指未婚男女）同居
About 23 percent of men and women aged 25 to 34 told researchers they had previously cohabited with a partner without it leading to marriage . 年齡在25至34歲之間的男女約有23%的人告訴研究者，他們有過同居而最終沒有結(jié)婚的經(jīng)歷。
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