2when a person or animal has a sexual relationship with only one partner 单配偶
Monogamy is rare in most animal groups, but is common among birds.
单配偶现象在大多数兽类群体里很少见,但在鸟类中却很常见。
—monogamousadjectiveadj
We live in a monogamous society.
我们生活在一夫一妻制的社会里。
—monogamouslyadverbadv
Examples from the Corpus
monogamy• Lufkin never demandedmonogamy from her and she had no idea whether he slept with other women.• Not that socially imposedmonogamy need extend to captiveslaves.• It has not done so, however, by imposing monogamy on them.• The next commonest is monogamy - one malepaired with one female.• As we shall see, the lesson they teach is that we are designed for a system of monogamyplagued by adultery.• It seems unlikely that monogamy is a natural state for the human animal.• Society pays noisylip service to monogamy but, in reality, encouragesaffairs.• And be certain of your monogamy.
Originmonogamy
(1600-1700)Frenchmonogamie, from Late Latin, from Greek, from mono- ( → MONO-) + gamos“marriage”