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Definition of live-in in English: live-inadjective 1attributive (of a domestic employee) resident in an employer's house. （佣人等）寄住在雇主家的 住家管家。 Example sentencesExamples - Once my mother asked me if I would mind spending the weekend helping my memaw around her house as her live-in nurse had to take off for the weekend for personal reasons.
- We should know a little about her, because that might spark the story and direct the plot, so let's say she is an orphan who lives with her aunt, who treats her as a live-in servant.
- Goldwater and his siblings grew up with a nurse, chauffeur and live-in maid.
- Most of our employees are live-in since we started the project against the corrupt officials.
- ‘She is like my daughter,’ say the owners of a live-in servant, who works up to 18 hours a day.
- Chapter 3 discusses agricultural workers hired as live-in servants and focuses on the East Riding of Yorkshire, one of the few places where the practice survived through the nineteenth century.
- Instead, she practised at home with a live-in teacher.
- The live-in maid was always called Miss Rix, as my mother did not like the use of Christian names.
- Employing a live-in servant was particularly important to distinguish the white-collar group, including civil servants, from that of the working class in Belgium.
- Substantial midday dinners and high teas were handed through the serving hatch by Jenny, my mother's live-in cook and general maid.
- Employers with live-in domestic workers could deduct 10 percent for accommodation, but only if it complied with the minimum standards set.
- Two weeks ago I decided, after numerous cardiac events, to take my live-in doctor's advice and cut caffeine out of my diet.
- It is surely part of their distinction, too, to have adapted to a live-in photographer with apparent ease and even grace.
- She employs a live-in maid, but otherwise lives alone.
- The Livermores purchased a home and hired a live-in servant to handle their domestic chores.
- For toddler Tania, a live-in maid from Pakistan was airlifted.
- In the two neighbourhoods surveyed, out of the 750 households on which information was gathered, thirty employed a live-in foreign domestic worker.
- It was not possible to select a random sample of live-in workers at each holiday centre due to difficulties in constructing a complete sampling frame of the target population.
- Her two brothers worked at a Spanish construction company and knew a friendly family who needed a live-in maid.
- Most vulnerable of all are live-in servants, isolated in their employers' homes.
- 1.1 (of a person) living with another in a sexual relationship.
与他人同居的 同居的恋人。 Example sentencesExamples - For the last two years I have been based in Pattaya and have had a live-in relationship with a young lady for most of that time.
- But she has not always experienced joy in relationships with men; she knows the lifestyle of cohabitation after living with a man and experiencing the downfalls of a live-in relationship.
- Tim willingly takes the night shift at an adult video store but it takes a toll on his relationship with live-in girlfriend, Trish.
- The couple decide to try a live-in relationship, primarily platonic, though the boundaries soon dissipate.
- It's a commitment only - Brenda, and her live-in lover, Gerry, decided after months of living together, to formalise their arrangement.
- Prudie also guesses his head is not on straight, what with trying to maintain a relationship with a woman who already has a live-in lover.
- One thing led to another and the results appear to have been a live-in relationship and an abortion.
- His girlfriend had her share of ‘baggage,’ such as emotional problems and a low self-esteem having just come from another live-in relationship.
- However, survey after survey reveals that young people still believe in marriage - few are for live-in relationships.
- It is hardly surprising, in the circumstances, that there has been little public discussion about ways to reduce the tensions that accompany the break-up of a marriage or live-in relationship.
- In any case, the movie was interesting for me specifically because of the reason that I've just come out of a live-in relationship that lasted for roughly a year.
- Nevertheless, she seemed to find all the companionship she needed in her relationship with her live-in boyfriend.
- She was unmarried still, and without boyfriend as far as he knew, remaining resolutely independent since a brief and disastrous live-in relationship in her early twenties.
- All of that fell by the wayside when I started living with one girlfriend or another - it's tough to balance a live-in relationship with prancing around the apartment in a robe with a dagger.
- The more I have thought about this, the more I have come to realise that there is in some respects very little difference in the reasons why marriages or live-in relationships might fail.
- The survey also shows that one in three live-in relationships lasts less than year and only one in 10 lasts longer than five years.
- It's a sad fact of modern marriage, or even just live-in relationships, that we reflect on a couple's longevity the minute they announce any intention to attempt long-term togetherness.
- So whether you're in a relationship where it's a live-in relationship, or whether you're married, you need to make sure you have some money in an account in your own name.
- I have been here for almost a year and have had a live-in relationship with a young lady for most of that time.
- He had expressed a sexual interest but informed me that he was in the process of ending a live-in relationship.
- 1.2 Residential.
居住的，住宅的 a live-in treatment program 家庭医疗项目。 Example sentencesExamples - For a woman addict, live-in treatment is only possible when she has no other family commitments.
- He is still on parole from his previous, so he has parole, he has probation and has to be in his live-in treatment program.
- According to her, the mail order bride industry can't be separated from Canada's live-in caregiver program, which offers women a chance to immigrate here if they work as a domestic for two years.
noun informal A person who shares another's living accommodation as a sexual partner or as an employee. 〈非正式〉作为性伴侣与他人同居者；住家雇员 Example sentencesExamples - More employers are offering benefits to domestic partners: 25 percent of those surveyed currently provide benefits to opposite sex live-ins, and 16 percent offer benefits to same-sex partners.
- Experts do observe that ‘life satisfaction’ is remarkably low for long-term live-ins.
- Next thing you know, you're on your way to Athens to work as a live-in for a diplomat's family.
- ‘These recipes have been tested on two husbands, five live-ins, 25 boyfriends and an undisclosed number of one-night stands,’ she said, laughing.
Definition of live-in in US English: live-inadjectiveˈlɪvɪnˈlivin 1(of a domestic employee) resident in an employer's house. （佣人等）寄住在雇主家的 住家管家。 Example sentencesExamples - Employing a live-in servant was particularly important to distinguish the white-collar group, including civil servants, from that of the working class in Belgium.
- She employs a live-in maid, but otherwise lives alone.
- Substantial midday dinners and high teas were handed through the serving hatch by Jenny, my mother's live-in cook and general maid.
- Her two brothers worked at a Spanish construction company and knew a friendly family who needed a live-in maid.
- Chapter 3 discusses agricultural workers hired as live-in servants and focuses on the East Riding of Yorkshire, one of the few places where the practice survived through the nineteenth century.
- Once my mother asked me if I would mind spending the weekend helping my memaw around her house as her live-in nurse had to take off for the weekend for personal reasons.
- Goldwater and his siblings grew up with a nurse, chauffeur and live-in maid.
- It is surely part of their distinction, too, to have adapted to a live-in photographer with apparent ease and even grace.
- Most of our employees are live-in since we started the project against the corrupt officials.
- ‘She is like my daughter,’ say the owners of a live-in servant, who works up to 18 hours a day.
- It was not possible to select a random sample of live-in workers at each holiday centre due to difficulties in constructing a complete sampling frame of the target population.
- For toddler Tania, a live-in maid from Pakistan was airlifted.
- Two weeks ago I decided, after numerous cardiac events, to take my live-in doctor's advice and cut caffeine out of my diet.
- The Livermores purchased a home and hired a live-in servant to handle their domestic chores.
- The live-in maid was always called Miss Rix, as my mother did not like the use of Christian names.
- Instead, she practised at home with a live-in teacher.
- We should know a little about her, because that might spark the story and direct the plot, so let's say she is an orphan who lives with her aunt, who treats her as a live-in servant.
- Most vulnerable of all are live-in servants, isolated in their employers' homes.
- In the two neighbourhoods surveyed, out of the 750 households on which information was gathered, thirty employed a live-in foreign domestic worker.
- Employers with live-in domestic workers could deduct 10 percent for accommodation, but only if it complied with the minimum standards set.
- 1.1 (of a person) living with another in a sexual relationship.
与他人同居的 同居的恋人。 Example sentencesExamples - It is hardly surprising, in the circumstances, that there has been little public discussion about ways to reduce the tensions that accompany the break-up of a marriage or live-in relationship.
- However, survey after survey reveals that young people still believe in marriage - few are for live-in relationships.
- All of that fell by the wayside when I started living with one girlfriend or another - it's tough to balance a live-in relationship with prancing around the apartment in a robe with a dagger.
- The couple decide to try a live-in relationship, primarily platonic, though the boundaries soon dissipate.
- It's a sad fact of modern marriage, or even just live-in relationships, that we reflect on a couple's longevity the minute they announce any intention to attempt long-term togetherness.
- It's a commitment only - Brenda, and her live-in lover, Gerry, decided after months of living together, to formalise their arrangement.
- In any case, the movie was interesting for me specifically because of the reason that I've just come out of a live-in relationship that lasted for roughly a year.
- So whether you're in a relationship where it's a live-in relationship, or whether you're married, you need to make sure you have some money in an account in your own name.
- Nevertheless, she seemed to find all the companionship she needed in her relationship with her live-in boyfriend.
- Tim willingly takes the night shift at an adult video store but it takes a toll on his relationship with live-in girlfriend, Trish.
- She was unmarried still, and without boyfriend as far as he knew, remaining resolutely independent since a brief and disastrous live-in relationship in her early twenties.
- His girlfriend had her share of ‘baggage,’ such as emotional problems and a low self-esteem having just come from another live-in relationship.
- I have been here for almost a year and have had a live-in relationship with a young lady for most of that time.
- But she has not always experienced joy in relationships with men; she knows the lifestyle of cohabitation after living with a man and experiencing the downfalls of a live-in relationship.
- For the last two years I have been based in Pattaya and have had a live-in relationship with a young lady for most of that time.
- One thing led to another and the results appear to have been a live-in relationship and an abortion.
- The survey also shows that one in three live-in relationships lasts less than year and only one in 10 lasts longer than five years.
- He had expressed a sexual interest but informed me that he was in the process of ending a live-in relationship.
- Prudie also guesses his head is not on straight, what with trying to maintain a relationship with a woman who already has a live-in lover.
- The more I have thought about this, the more I have come to realise that there is in some respects very little difference in the reasons why marriages or live-in relationships might fail.
- 1.2 Residential.
居住的，住宅的 a live-in treatment program 家庭医疗项目。 Example sentencesExamples - According to her, the mail order bride industry can't be separated from Canada's live-in caregiver program, which offers women a chance to immigrate here if they work as a domestic for two years.
- For a woman addict, live-in treatment is only possible when she has no other family commitments.
- He is still on parole from his previous, so he has parole, he has probation and has to be in his live-in treatment program.
nounˈlɪvɪnˈlivin informal A person who shares another's living accommodations as a sexual partner or as an employee. 〈非正式〉作为性伴侣与他人同居者；住家雇员 Example sentencesExamples - ‘These recipes have been tested on two husbands, five live-ins, 25 boyfriends and an undisclosed number of one-night stands,’ she said, laughing.
- Experts do observe that ‘life satisfaction’ is remarkably low for long-term live-ins.
- More employers are offering benefits to domestic partners: 25 percent of those surveyed currently provide benefits to opposite sex live-ins, and 16 percent offer benefits to same-sex partners.
- Next thing you know, you're on your way to Athens to work as a live-in for a diplomat's family.
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