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单词 in-law
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in-law in British English

noun
1. 
a relative by marriage
adjective
2. (postpositive; in combination)
related by marriage
a father-in-law
Word origin
C19: back formation from father-in-law, etc

in-law in American English

(ˈɪnˌlɔ)
noun
Informal
a relative by marriage
Word origin
< mother- (or father-, etc.) in-law

-in-law in American English

(ɪnˈlɔ)
being a (specified type of relative) by marriage, not by descent in the same family line

Examples of 'in-law' in a sentence
in-law

That includes prospective in-laws, bosses and new neighbours.
The Sun (2016)
This applies whether you need to make it up to a friend or you're meeting your future in-laws.
The Sun (2016)
You handle meeting possible future in-laws really well.
The Sun (2014)
This helps at work and a meeting with future in-laws should go well.
The Sun (2013)
Families dragging visiting in-laws and elderly relatives.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
She is unquestionably impressed by her new in-laws.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Your parents and in-laws are not going away.
Christianity Today (2000)
My parents and my in-laws lived far away and our income would not stretch to cover paid childcare.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Meeting future in-laws should go well.
The Sun (2010)
I had my parents and the in-laws over in the past couple of weeks.
The Sun (2011)
It's a good day to meet future in-laws.
The Sun (2011)
Her new in-laws weren't any better.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The Mitchell character drives down to the country to meet his prospective in-laws.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In 1951 she took her fiancé to meet his prospective in-laws.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Being introduced to one set of potential in-laws is scary, but four?
The Sun (2012)
The perfect contact between Neptune and the sun means meetings go well at work and with future in-laws.
The Sun (2010)
He explains how he bought his in-laws a new car, new kitchen and paid for exotic holidays.
The Sun (2013)
The moon is in the most sociable part of your chart and you can get along with anyone - including potential in-laws.
The Sun (2013)
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