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
- He had become urgent in his entreaties that the betrothal might take place before his departure.
他急切地请求要在他走之前就订婚。 - The moment, although laws in china does not include adjustments to engagement and betrothal gifts, but engagement and a man giving betrothal gifts to a woman when they get engaged are prevalent in folk.
当下,虽然我国法律没有将婚约和彩礼纳入调整范围,但是订婚和给付彩礼在我国民间却盛行。 - 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。 - Since our country abolished "Six Laws", the betrothal would disappear in our legal norms.
我国自从废除中华民国六法全书之后,婚约就从我国法律规范中消失。 - 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 - Eug é nie is to be married in a week, and in three days there is to be a grand feast, a betrothal festival.
欧热妮在一星期内要结婚了,三天之后,就要有一场盛大的宴会,一个订婚宴会。 - Betrothal gift is a traditional folk customs of our country, which experienced a long history of evolution.
彩礼是我国传统的民间风俗,历经了长久的历史演变。 - Second, the focus marriage culture is put upon the quantity of betrothal gifts and whether or not being well matched in social and economic status, while in imperial matrimony culture politics, diplomacy and military affairs are taken into account;
二是婚姻文化比较重视聘财的多寡和门当户对,而和亲文化则更多考虑政治、外交及军事因素; - A ring given and worn as a sign of betrothal.
给予和佩带作为订婚标志的戒指。 - It shall always remain an emblem of our betrothal.
永为订盟之物。