双语例句
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Helpmate: a wife, or bitter half.
内助:妻子,或是充满怨气的另一半。
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It turns out, though, that he was a conscientious helpmate.
尽管人们证明他是一个认真尽责的帮手。
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She had now the right to be his helpmate in his all kind deeds.
现在,她已成了他一切仁慈行为当仁不让的助手。
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For God saw that the animals had their helpmate but Man did not.
因为上帝看到动物都有自己的伙伴而亚当没有。
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I'm indeed getting on, and a helpmate would cheer my declining day.
我确实老了,有一个老伴就会给我的晚年生活带来欢乐。
近义词
n.
friendassistantaidcomrademate
同根词
百科
1. helpmate,英语单词,主要用作名词,作名词时译为“助手;配偶;伙伴”。
释义
n.
a helpful companion or partner, especially one's husband or wife
有帮助的同伴(或伴侣)(尤指丈夫或妻子)。
词源
"late 17th cent. (as helpmeet): from an erroneous reading of Gen. 2∶18, 20, where Adam's future wife is described as ‘an help meet for him' (i.e. a suitable helper for him). The variant helpmate came into use in the early 18th cent."