in-law

英 ['inl?:] 美

近義詞relative

in-law (n.): 1894, "anyone of a relationship not natural," abstracted from father-in-law, etc.
The position of the 'in-laws' (a happy phrase which is attributed ... to her Majesty, than whom no one can be better acquainted with the article) is often not very apt to promote happiness. ["Blackwood's Magazine," 1894]
The earliest recorded use of the phrase is in brother-in-law (13c.); the law is Canon Law, which defines degrees of relationship within which marriage is prohibited.

1. No matter where you go in life or how old you get, there's always something new to learn about. After all, life is full of surprises.: 不管你生活在哪里，你有多少歲，總有新東西要學習，畢竟，生活總是充滿驚喜。

2. For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?: 我們活著是為了什么？不就是給鄰居當笑柄，再反過來笑他們。

3. If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.--Jean Paul Sartre: 如果你獨處時感到寂寞，說明沒有把自己陪好。

4. The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.: 當你從內(nèi)心深處找到一種可以忍受一切痛苦的堅強力量時，你的成長歷程就會出現(xiàn)飛躍。

5. They have maintained their optimism in the face of desolating subjugation.: 面對遭征服的悲慘命運，他們保持了樂觀的態(tài)度。