matrimony

英 [ˈmætrɪməni]

美 [ˈmætrɪmoʊni]

n. 婚配

BNC.33253 / COCA.23355

牛津词典

noun

noun

the ceremony or sacrament of marriage
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
1. a long and happy marriage
2. God bless this union
Synonym:marriageunionspousal relationshipwedlock

I did not know before, that I had two daughters on the brink of matrimony.
我一直不知道我同时有两个女儿都有结婚的希望。
To join this couple in holy matrimony.
来参加我们这对新人的婚礼。
Matrimony was always one of my favourite topics, and I wrote several sermons to prove its happiness.
嫁娶的事是我最喜欢谈的题目，我写过好几首劝世文证明嫁娶的欢乐。
She had never experienced the pangs of ragged matrimony.
她从来没有体验过穷酸婚姻的痛苦。
Being now in her twenty-first year, Maria Bertram was beginning to think matrimony a duty;
玛丽亚·伯特伦现年二十一岁，开始觉得自己应该结婚了。
But thirty-five has nothing to do with matrimony.
但是到了三十五岁就不该考虑结婚。
As actually allowing them to be joined in holy matrimony.
比让他们结婚要残忍多了。
On matrimony he had never once said a word.
关于婚姻的事，他从来就没有说过一个字。
Matrimony joins two people, but that pairing is rooted in one word: mother.
婚姻让两个人走到一起，不过这种联姻源自于一个词：mother（母亲）。
Matrimony comes from mater, Latin for mother.
Matrimony也源自于拉丁语中的mater（母亲）一词。