My grandmothers are both widows.

我的祖母和外祖母都是寡妇。

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Widows seem to experience more distress than widowers.

寡妇似乎比鳏夫感受更多痛苦。

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The effect was first noted in 1858 by William Farr, who wrote that widows and widowers were at a much higher risk of dying than their married peers.

1858年，威廉·法尔（William Farr）首次发现了这一效应，他写道，寡妇和鳏夫的死亡风险比已婚同龄人高得多。

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She met with twenty women that the widows' association had chosen as good candidates to take part in the program.

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All the women were widows, meaning their husbands had died.

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Black widows are also suspected in Monday's bombings in Moscow.

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Shanta, an abandoned woman who lives in a home for widows, is one of them.

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The Forces Pension Society claims widows and injured soldiers face losing hundreds of thousands of pounds.

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This is why FDR, when he started Social Security, it only affected widows and orphans.

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