betrothal

英 [bɪˈtrəʊðl]

美 [bɪˈtroʊðl]

n.  婚约; 订婚

复数：betrothals　

法律

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
  Synonym:espousal
• a mutual promise to marry
  Synonym:trothengagement

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。
• A ring given and worn as a sign of betrothal.
  给予和佩带作为订婚标志的戒指。
• 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。
• Hungary: The couple exchange betrothal rings.
  匈牙利：新郎新娘交换订婚时戴的戒指。
• But Tess's desire seemed to be for a perpetual betrothal in which everything should remain as it was then.
  苔丝的愿望似乎是要永远保持一种订婚的状态，要让一切都和现在一样维持不动。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Although scholars have different viewpoints concerning this issue, all of them share the idea that dowry and betrothal gifts are an important factor in building marriage relationship between the wife's family and the husband's family.
  尽管学者对嫁妆与聘礼的看法差异很大，但他们还是站在一个共同的基点之上，即二者在给出妻子集团和接受妻子集团之间的姻亲关系的建立上是一个重要的因素。
• This time, his mother introduced a Beijing girl, green text, and specially arranged for them a betrothal ceremony at sea tourism.
  这次，母亲又为他介绍了一个北京姑娘青文，并特意为他们安排了一次海上旅游订婚仪式。