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In some Arab countries women still have to ask permission from a male relative to get a passport, marry or leave the country. Although the practice of "male guardianship" is not always enshrined in law, it persists in everyday life within many families.

 

permission 允許，許可，准許
(noun 名詞)

 

例子：Official permission has been granted for building more houses near the park.
在公園附近建造更多房屋已獲得官方許可。

例子：The authorities have refused permission for the protest to take place in next week. 官方拒絕批准下星期的示威。

例子：Students have to ask permission to leave.  學生要問准才可以離開。

 

guardianship 監護人
(noun 名詞)

 

例子：The parents of guardians of the child must give their consent before she has the operation.  小孩動手術前，一定要得到父母或監護人的同意。

 

enshrine
(verb 動詞)

 

1. （政治或社會權利）被莊嚴載入

例子：The right of freedom of speech and protest is enshrined in law/in the constitution. 言論及集會自由的權利被莊嚴載入法律／憲法

 

2. 把…奉爲神聖；珍藏

例子：Almost twenty thousand war dead are enshrined at this temple. 這間廟宇供奉著大約2萬個陣亡者的亡靈。

例子：A lot of memories are enshrined in this album. 這本相簿裡珍藏著許多記憶。

 

persist
(verb 動詞)

 

1. 持續；存留

例子：Please go to consult a doctor if your pain persists, consult a doctor.
如果疼痛持續就去看醫生。

例子：The cold weather is set to persist throughout this month.
寒冷天氣很可能將持續整個月。

 

2. 堅持不懈；執意

例子：The government is persisting with its ambitious infrastructure project.
政府堅持實施其雄心勃勃的基建計劃。

 

There is a trend for wealthy Gulf men to travel to the impoverished Egyptian rural areas to find much younger, temporary brides.

 

impoverished
(adjective 形容詞)

 

1. 赤貧的

an impoverished student

2. 惡化的
例子：Academic warned that the breakdown of the family unit would lead to an impoverished society.學者警告說，家庭單位的解體會導致社會的衰敗。

 

"The body of a woman belongs to her family and even if she has been subjected to sexual violence, it is the honour of the family that must be preserved above everything.

 

honour 名譽，榮譽；高尚品德
(noun 名詞)

例子：a man of honour 品德高尚的人

例子：We fought for the honour of our country.我們為我們國家的榮譽而戰。

1. 為了慶祝…；為表示對…的尊敬

例子：a banquet in honour of the chairman 為主席舉行的宴會

2. 帶來榮譽；賞臉做…

例子：Would you do me the honour of accompanying me to the party ?
你願不願意賞臉陪我去參加派對？

 

The theme for the cartoon is foreign travel, and the numbers of Moroccan men who are using the law to stop their wives travelling abroad.

 

abroad
(adverb 副詞)


1. 在國外；到國外

例子：Mary is currently abroad on business.  Mary目前在國外出差。

例子：We always travel abroad during summer holiday. 我們暑假總是到國外去旅行

2. 廣為流傳的

例子：There's a rumour abroad that she intends to run for the election.
到處都在傳言說她要參選。

 

aboard 上船（或飛機、公共汽車、火車）；在船（或飛機、公共汽車、火車）
(adverb 副詞)

 

例子：Welcome aboard flight A333 to Tokyo. 歡迎乘坐飛往東京的 A333航班。

例子：The ferry is about to leave. All aboard!渡輪即將離開，請所有乘客上船！

 

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add insult to injury  雪上加霜 (在傷口上灑鹽)

 

例子：They told me I was too old for the job, and then to add insult to injury, they refused to pay me the salary!

他們說我太老不適合這工作，更加雪上加霜的是，他們拒絕給我工資。

 

例子：Peter was already getting late for work, and to add insult to injury, he was stopped by the police for speeding.

Peter要趕上班，眼看已經遲到了，還要被員警截查說他超速駕駛。

   
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