Without benefit of clergy
[法] 无牧师恩典, 非法同居, 姘居夫妻
🧩 词语组成解析
without
[wɪ'θaʊt]
adv. 在外部;户外;缺少;没有或不显示某事物;
prep. 没有，缺乏;在外面;
conj. 除非，如果不;
of
[əv]
prep. 关于;属于…的;由…制成;
aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气];
clergy
['klə:dʒi]
n. （尤指基督教堂内的）牧师，教士;〈废〉学问;
🗣️ 情景例句
Let me tell you about your dinner.
我告诉你晚餐是什么。
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
空谈不如实验。（实践出真知）
But my father had described over and over again what we should see at every milestone, after leaving the nearest town,
而是父亲曾详细给我讲了，在过了离故乡最近的那个小镇后，在每一个路标处可见到些什么。