betrothal
英 [bɪˈtrəʊðl]
美 [bɪˈtroʊðl]
n. 婚约; 订婚
复数:betrothals
BNC.26973 / COCA.27915
牛津词典
noun
- 婚约;订婚
an agreement to marry sb
柯林斯词典
- 婚约;订婚
Abetrothalis an agreement to be married.
英英释义
noun
- the act of becoming betrothed or engaged
- a mutual promise to marry
双语例句
- It shall always remain an emblem of our betrothal.
永为订盟之物。 - According to the laws of the Eldar this betrothal was bound them to stand for one year at least, and it often stood for longer.
根据埃尔达精灵的法律,由订婚到正式成婚至少需要一年,而实际生活中的间隔往往更长。 - All the church bells rung, and the heralds rode about the town proclaiming the betrothal.
教堂的钟都响起来了,传令人骑着马在街上宣布订婚的喜讯。 - The Cultural Dimension of Betrothal Gifts among the Minority Peoples of Yunnan
试析云南少数民族婚俗聘礼的文化内涵 - It should be said that betrothal and betrothal gifts have never been a hot research in the field of Marriage Law, but it is indeed a major blind spot in the legislation.
应该说,婚约和彩礼从来不是婚姻法领域研究的热点,但它确实是立法的一大盲点。 - THERE WAS NO formal betrothal and no announcement was made of the engagement of Bolkonsky and Natasha; Prince Andrey insisted upon that.
没有举行订婚礼,博尔孔斯基和娜塔莎订婚的事亦未向任何人宣布,安德烈公爵坚持这样做。 - An invasion would not look well following a betrothal.
订婚之后就大举侵入看起来不大好吧。 - Since then I have named the piece in D flat major as the Betrothal é tude, and look on myself as a matchmaker.
从那时起我就将这一降D大调的作品命名为婚约练习曲,并将自己看作是一个媒人。 - Betrothal marriage is the legal marriage reflected and recorded in The Book of Songs and The Book of Rites.
聘婚是周人的合法婚姻。这在《诗经》和《礼记》中均有反映和记载。 - Yet because of the objection of the imperial families, he had to select a girl from an ordinary family and provide her with many betrothal gifts.
然而,由于皇室家庭的反对,他不得不从一个普通的家庭选一个女人给他大量的聘礼。