柯林斯詞典civil partnership 1. N a legal union or contract, similar to a marriage, between two people of the same sex 民事伴侶關(guān)系; 合法同性婚姻 返回 civil partnership劍橋詞典in the UK, a legal relationship between two people of the same sex that gives them the same rights as people who are married 同性伴侶關(guān)系（英國同性伴侶間的合法關(guān)系，享有與異性夫妻同等的權(quán)利） 返回 civil partnership