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单词 bedfellow
释义
bedfellowbed‧fel‧low /ˈbedˌfeləʊ $ -loʊ/ noun Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But external threats can make for improbable subdivision bedfellows.
  • From time to time he did break out, cruising Soho and returning drunk, with or without bedfellow.
  • It was an era that demonstrated the incompatibility of labour and government as bedfellows.
  • Some say the Duke has a new bedfellow - a southern lady.
  • The case made strange political bedfellows.
  • The McCain-Feingold partnership represents more than just a striking example of strange political bedfellows.
  • Visual lust and inconsistency make fine bedfellows, I can tell you.
  • What Roddick is at most pains to demonstrate is that honesty and commercialism can make compatible bedfellows.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • Mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and megacorporations, not to mention cross-company teams, often result in strange bedfellows.
  • Rumours say he's co-operating with some strange bedfellows.
  • Strange bedfellows Adversity - or is it perversity? - certainly makes strange bedfellows.
  • The Prime Minister has, of course, produced some novel marriages, some very strange bedfellows.
strange bedfellows two or more people, ideas etc that are related or working together in an unexpected way:  Rugby and art seem strange bedfellows.
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