alimony

• n. [法] 贍養費；生活費

詞根al, 生長，滋養，同old. -mony, 名詞後綴，詞源同-ment.

alimony

alimony: [17] Alimony is an anglicization of Latin alimōnia, which is based on the verb alere ‘nourish’ (source of alma ‘bounteous’, as in alma mater, and of alumnus). This in turn goes back to a hypothetical root *al-, which is also the basis of English adolescent, adult, altitude (from Latin altus ‘high’), and old.

The original sense ‘nourishment, sustenance’ has now died out, but the specialized ‘support for a former wife’ is of equal antiquity in English. The -mony element in the word represents Latin -mōnia, a fairly meaning-free suffix used for forming nouns from verbs (it is related to -ment, which coincidentally was also combined with alere, to form alimentary), but in the later 20th century it took on a newly productive role in the sense ‘provision of maintenance for a former partner’. Palimony ‘provision for a former non-married partner’ was coined around 1979, and in the 1980s appeared dallymony ‘provision for somebody one has jilted’.
=> adult, altitude, alumnus, old

alimony (n.)

1650s, "nourishment," also "allowance to a wife from a husband's estate, or in certain cases of separation," from Latin alimonia "food, support, nourishment, sustenance," from alere "to nourish" (see old) + -monia suffix signifying action, state, condition (cognate with Greek -men). Derived form palimony coined 1979.

1. His ex - wife has upped the ante in her alimony suit against him.

他的 前妻 在訴訟中要求提高贍養費.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. A great deal of Jeff's money went in alimony to his three former wives.

傑夫的很大一部分錢都用在了向他的前三任妻子支付贍養費。

來自柯林斯例句

3. When his wife was awarded alimony by the court, Snow had to ante up.

當他的太太被法庭判定獲有離婚贍養費時, 斯諾不得不付這筆錢.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. You may have to pay alimony if the divorce goes through.

如果離婚了,你也必須給對方贍養費.

來自辭典例句

5. It's alimony I got from my husband.

那是我從我丈夫那得到的贍養費.

來自電影對白