yourselves英语巧记（每日单词domesticity）

domesticity /ˌdəʊmeˈstɪsəti/

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外刊例句

For more than a decade, America’s most prominent gay family have lived on ABC. Gay and lesbian television characters were once such a rare sight that GLAAD, an advocacy group, began an annual count, as if it were tracking an endangered species. Now millions tune in to “Modern Family” to see how Cam and Mitch are getting on raising their adopted daughter. Their portrayal of gay domesticity has been credited with helping to change attitudes and with boosting support for same-sex marriage.

十多年来，美国最著名的同性恋家庭都只能在ABC上看到。同性恋角色一度是非常罕见的，以至于倡导组织反歧视同志联盟对同性恋夫妻进行年度统计，仿佛是在追踪一种濒临灭绝的物种。现在数百万人都在收看《摩登家庭》，想看看小卡和米奇是如何抚养他们的养女的。该剧展现了同性恋家庭生活有助于改变人们对同性恋的态度，并促进了人们对同性婚姻的支持。

——《经济学人》 基本释义

Domesticity is the state of being at home with your family.

n. 家庭生活

追根溯源

单词domesticity里的词根dem来源于希腊语domos, 表示“房子，家”，所以，包含dom的英语单词，多与此相关，例如：

domestic adj. 国内的；家庭的

dome n. 圆屋顶

domain n. 领域；域名

domesticate v. 驯养；教化（使成为家里的）

影视例句

在英剧《神探夏洛克》中，Sherlock在华生的婚礼上发表了一段很突兀的演讲，其中就用到了今天的单词：

Married. Obvious, really. Our Mayfly Man was trying to escape the suffocating chains of domesticity and instead of endless nights in watching the telly or going to barbecues with the awful, dreadful, boring people he couldn't stand, he used his wits, cleverness and powers of disguise to play the field.

-此人已婚，说实话这是明摆着的。这位露水情人只不过是想摆脱令人窒息的家庭生活，他不想把漫漫长夜浪费在电视前，也不想和无聊乏味、难以忍受的人一起去烧烤。于是，他用他的机智和伪装来游戏情场。