她对同她丈夫的父亲通信感到犹豫，心想这种犹豫也许随着时间的流逝就会减弱；可是她对于自己的父母刚好相反。

Her reluctance to communicate with her husband's parents might, she thought, lessen with the lapse of time; but with her own the reverse obtained.

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科学家总结说，当夫妻双方均有“风流韵事”时，如果丈夫的父亲在其成长过程中就曾有不忠记录，丈夫本人就更容易“偏离航向”。

The scientists concluded that, while men and women both had affairs, men were more likely to stray if their fathers had been unfaithful as they were growing up.

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吉姆是一个最富有爱心的丈夫和父亲。

Jim was a most loving husband and father.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

You are no longer like a son to me and like your father, my first husband, 'Ere this kindly Greek took pity on me."

你不像我的儿子，而像父亲，我的第一个丈夫，埃瑞是希腊人，这个好人总是可怜我“

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