大学英语词汇短语释义解析及例句 age of consent


释义：

age of consent 法定年龄：指一个人在法律上被认为具有足够的成熟度，可以同意进行性行为的年龄

例句：



He was under the age of consent.

他那时还不到同意年龄。



Georgia did not raise the age of consent from 10 to 14 until 1918.

而乔治亚州直到1918年才把法定结婚年龄从十岁提高到十四岁。



The important thing is, I'll be sixteen next week. That's the age of consent.

重要的是，我下周就十六岁了。那是承诺年龄。



She's going on holiday with her boyfriend-well, she's over the age of consent.

她要同男朋友一起去度假了-不过，她已超过同意年龄了。



As recently as the mid-1880s, the median legal age of consent in US states was 10.

就在十九世纪八十年代中期，美国各州法定结婚年龄的中间数是十岁。



The age of consent in Spain is 13 and 14-year-olds are allowed to marry with a judge's permission.

在西班牙，一般是13到14岁时通过法官的认可就可以结婚。



While this discrepancy will be analyzed further below, given that eighteen is largely considered the age of consent, it is this standard to which our definition will be held.

以下我们会进一步分析这种不一致。首先，要假定18岁这个年纪得到广泛认同，正是基于这一年龄标准，我们的定义才能成立。



Enlightened legislation passed during the last decade has equalised the age of consent for gay couples and enabled many thousands to be officially recognised through civil partnerships.

当下开明的法律已经通过了允许合法年龄的同性恋恋人结合。