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the Countess of + [place]
英国贵族头衔通常与领地或地名连用，且首字母大写。
The Countess of Wessex attended the ceremony.
威塞克斯伯爵夫人出席了典礼。
伯爵夫人；女伯爵
countesses — plural of countess
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伯爵夫人；女伯爵
female equivalent of a count or earl
The Countess of Wessex attended the ceremony.
威塞克斯伯爵夫人出席了典礼。
伯爵或郡主的妻子。
The wife of a count or earl.
自身拥有伯爵爵位的女性；女伯爵领地的持有者。
A woman holding the rank of count or earl in her own right; a female holder of an earldom.
The countess invited the villagers to her annual garden party.
伯爵夫人邀请村民们参加她一年一度的花园聚会。
As a countess, she managed the estate while her husband was abroad.
作为伯爵夫人，她在丈夫出国期间管理庄园。
The young woman married an earl and became a countess.
这位年轻女子嫁给了一位伯爵，成为了伯爵夫人。
英国贵族头衔通常与领地或地名连用，且首字母大写。
The Countess of Wessex attended the ceremony.
威塞克斯伯爵夫人出席了典礼。
表示获得伯爵夫人或女伯爵身份，常与 become、marry 等动词搭配。
She became a countess after her marriage.
她婚后成了伯爵夫人。
Not this
There were two countess at the party.
Use this
There were two countesses at the party.
countess 的复数形式是在词尾加 -es，变成 countesses。说“两个伯爵夫人”时必须用复数，不能保持原形。
Not this
He is a countess.
Use this
He is a count.
countess 是阴性名词，指伯爵夫人或女伯爵；指男性时应用对应的阳性词 count。不能用 countess 来指男性。
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……伯爵夫人（封号）
The Countess of Wessex opened the new hospital.
威塞克斯伯爵夫人为新医院揭幕。
伯爵遗孀；孀居的伯爵夫人
The dowager countess lived quietly in the country.
那位伯爵遗孀在乡间过着平静的生活。
凭自身权利拥有的女伯爵（非因婚姻）
She was a countess in her own right.
她是一位拥有自身爵位的女伯爵。
被授予女伯爵爵位
She was created countess by the king.
她被国王封为女伯爵。
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count（伯爵）加上女性后缀 -ess，伯爵夫人/女伯爵。
语域：formal 常见场景：historical contexts、formal introductions、literature 伯爵夫人或女伯爵这个称呼通常用于正式或历史语境，比如介绍贵族身份或讲述历史故事；日常生活口语中较少出现，但并非刻意生僻。
None of these words rhymes fully with countess /ˈkaʊntɪs/. Count /kaʊnt/ and mount /maʊnt/ share the stressed vowel /aʊ/ and the /nt/ sound, but lack the final /ɪs/ syllable. The -ess group (hostess /ˈhoʊstəs/, actress /ˈæktrəs/, baroness /ˈbærənɪs/, princess /ˌprɪnˈses/) look similar in spelling only; they have different stressed vowels or stress positions and do not rhyme with countess.
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