🇬🇧🇨🇳 alimony - 赡养费 : English Lesson

Meaning of "alimony" ("赡养费"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Alimony is money that a judge may tell one grown-up to pay to their former husband or wife after they get a divorce. It is usually paid every month. The idea is to help the other person have enough money to live on, especially if they earned less money before. Alimony is only between adults who were married and then split up, and it is decided by a court.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

Grandpa said alimony is when your ex-spouse gets the money and you get the receipts.

The comedian said he pays alimony so regularly that his bank thinks his ex is a utility company.

The alien studied humans and concluded that marriage sometimes leads to alimony, which is like a souvenir bill.

My cousin said alimony is like paying rent to a house you don’t live in anymore.

Dad said paying alimony feels like still buying snacks for someone who moved out of the house years ago.

Each month she finds an envelope marked alimony on the mat. He hands another alimony check at the gate, then transfers alimony into her account. She buys bread with alimony money. The child watches, counts coins, hugs her. She breathes out, closes the door, and smiles, relieved by steady alimony.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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