ex-wife

ex-wife — noun

1. a female person whose marriage to a specific individual has ended through a lega

1.名詞B1
釋義

a female person whose marriage to a specific individual has ended through a legal divorce

例句

Rohan sometimes picks up his children from Leila's house, where his ex-wife now lives.

possessive + ex-wife + location after divorce

Nadia received a letter from her ex-wife about the shared apartment bills.

同義詞
  • former wife

    slightly more formal; often used in legal documents or polite conversation

  • ex

    informal abbreviation; can refer to any former partner, not just a wife

  • ex-spouse

    gender-neutral alternative used in legal and formal contexts

反義詞
  • wife

    current spouse in an ongoing marriage

  • late wife

    former wife who has died (marriage ended by death, not divorce)

文法句型

possessive determiner + ex-wife

someone's ex-wife

用法筆記

Frequently takes a possessive determiner (my, his, her, Tom's) to identify whose former spouse is being discussed. The term is neutral in register and used in both casual conversation and legal contexts. For a former spouse whose marriage ended through death rather than divorce, use 'late wife' instead.

常見錯誤

❌Her ex-wife passed away last year.
✅Her late wife passed away last year.
💡Use 'late wife' when the marriage ended through death, not divorce.
❌She is still my ex-wife even though we never got divorced.
✅She is my ex-wife because we got divorced last year.
💡Being an 'ex-wife' requires that a divorce has been finalized.