ADJECTIVE | VERB + WOMAN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤young年輕女子▸➤middle-aged中年婦女▸➤elderly, old, older上了年紀的女人;老婦;較年長的婦女◇The thief tricked his way into an elderly woman's home.竊賊使用欺騙的手段進入了一個老太太家。◇Older women often have difficulty conceiving.年齡較大的女性不容易懷孕。➤adult, grown成年女子◇The little girl she remembered was now a grown woman.她記憶中的那個小女孩已經長大成人了。➤married已婚女人▸➤single, unattached, unmarried單身女子;未婚女士▸➤widowed寡婦▸➤divorced離婚的婦女▸➤pregnant孕婦▸➤childless無子女的女人➤menopausal, post-menopausal更年期/絕經婦女▸➤business(usually businesswoman) , career, professional, working女商人;職業婦女➤average, ordinary普通的女人➤extraordinary, remarkable非凡的/了不起的女人▸➤attractive, beautiful, good-looking, handsome, pretty有魅力的女人;漂亮女郎;端莊秀麗的女子;美女▸➤desirable性感女郎▸➤plain, ugly相貌平平的女子;醜女人▸➤well-dressed衣着高雅的女士➤educated, intelligent, smart (especially NAmE) 有教養的女人;聰明的女人◇highly educated women who are successful in business受過良好教育並在事業上取得成功的女人➤powerful, strong有權勢的女人;女強人➤successful成功的女人➤independent, modern獨立的女人;現代女性▸➤motherly慈母般的女人▸➤decent, good, kind, nice正派的女人;好女人;善良的女人▸➤evil, wicked邪惡的女人;壞女人▸➤hysterical歇斯底里的女人▸➤battered受虐待的婦女◇a hostel for battered women受虐婦女收容所➤the other情婦;第三者◇She was the 'other woman' in this family drama (= the one the husband was having an affair with).她就是這場家庭鬧劇中的第三者。◇Jean Menkes plays the president's wife and Fiona Handley plays the other woman.瓊・門克斯飾演總統夫人,而菲奧娜・漢德利扮演總統的情婦。VERB + WOMAN➤marry娶某個女人▸➤depict, portray, present, show刻畫女性;塑造女性;表現女性◇We want to change the way women are depicted in the media.我們想要改變媒體眼中的女性形象。➤abuse, assault, rape虐待/侵犯/強姦婦女PHRASES➤the oppression of women, violence against women對婦女的壓迫/暴力◇a United Nations report on violence against women一份有關暴力傷害婦女的聯合國報告➤the position of women, the role of women, the status of women女性的地位;女性的作用◇There were important changes in the position of women in society.女性的社會地位有了重大變化。➤a woman of a certain age (= not young)上年紀的婦女➤women of childbearing age育齡婦女▸➤a woman of the world深通世故的女人◇He saw her as a woman of the world who could offer him advice.他認為她深通世故,能夠幫他出出主意。➤women's liberation, the women's movement (becomingold-fashioned) 婦女解放/運動◇a symbol of women's liberation婦女解放的標誌➤a women's group婦女組織➤women's rights婦女權利➤women's studies女性研究◇a professor of women's studies研究女性問題的教授