寡

widowed

few

寡[guǎ]

-（少;缺少）few;little;scant:
ignorantandill-informed;孤陋寡闻
taciturn;uncommunicative沉默寡言
-（淡而无味）tasteless;insipid:
waterysoup;sth.insipid;清汤寡水
dullandmonotonous索然寡味
-（丈夫死去并未再嫁的女人）widow:
widowersandwidows鳏寡
-（妇女丧偶独居的性质或状态）widowhood:
liveinwidowhood守寡
-[谦]（古代君主自称）I

那寡妇和孩子们一贫如洗。
The widow and children are very poorly off.

她年轻时就成了寡妇。
She was widowed at an early age.

她守寡十年了。
She has been a widow for ten years.

｀黑寡妇＇马下一场比赛赢定了。
Black Widow is a (dead) cert for (ie is sure to win) the next race.

他身後留下一个寡妇和两个孩子。
He leaves a widow and two children.

那位守寡的母亲尽全力让儿子念大学。
The widowed mother exerted herself to the utmost to send her son to college.

我们同情这个可怜的寡妇。
We had compassion for the poor widow.

那个寡妇是个善良的人。
That widow is a kind person.

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