concubines

英 [ˈkɒŋkjʊbaɪnz]

美 [ˈkɑnkjəˌbaɪnz]

n.  (尤指旧时某些社会里的)妾，姨太太，小老婆
concubine的复数

柯林斯词典

• (旧时的)姘妇，情妇，妾
  In former times, aconcubinewas a woman who lived with and had a sexual relationship with a man of higher social rank without being married to him.

双语例句

• Thereis only one way sun tzu can convince the concubines that he is deadly serious.
  这是唯一能使嫔妃们相信他不是开玩笑的方法了。
• And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.
  于是王带着全家的人出去了，但留下十个妃嫔看守宫殿。
• Perhaps your Majesty would like to send for one of the concubines.
  或许陛下您需要叫个小可爱来。
• Having one head or chief wife at a time ( along with concubines).
  在一定时期只有一个领头的或主要妻子的（包括有妾室的）。
• The king had four wives and twenty concubines.
  这个国王有四个妻子和二十个妃子。
• Here lived the concubines and eunuchs.
  妃嫔和太监们都住在这里。
• No less captive within the Forbidden City were the imperial concubines.
  紫禁城里最可怜的奴隶是皇帝的嫔妃。
• Concubines refer to the stratum of society made up of women or young girls who have marital relationships with some male benefactor in the upper classes of society.
  妾是一个由妇女和少女组成的社会阶层。她们与社会地位高的男人组成类似婚姻的关系。
• In the view of men with a sense of decency and honour, of all the means people employ to gain wealth and riches, few would not cause their wives and concubines to weep together in shame.
  在君子看来，在所有追求荣华富贵的人中，能让他们的妻子和妾不觉得羞耻的，已经很少了。
• Now 74, she is the only one of his three concubines still alive.
  现年74岁的她是酋长三个老婆中唯一还健在的一个。