betrothal

betrothal词义

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n.

(古时用语)订婚;

变形

复数:betrothals

英英释义

betrothal[ bi'trəuðəl ]

n.

a mutual promise to marry

同义词:trothengagement

the act of becoming betrothed or engaged

同义词:espousal

betrothal用法

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双语例句

用作名词(n.)

It shall always remain an emblem of our betrothal.
永为订盟之物。

Their betrothal took place with great pomp and rejoicings.
他们举行了盛大而又欢乐的订婚仪式。

权威例句

Betrothal

Betrothal and Betrayal: The Soviet Translation of Norbert Wiener's Early Cybernetics

Make Me a Match: Motifs of Betrothal in the Sagas of the Icelanders

Kin-to-Be: Betrothal, Legal Documents, and Reconfiguring Relational Obligations in Egypt

The Arnolfini betrothal : medieval marriage and the enigma of Van Eyck's double portrait

“Sisters First”: Betrothal Order and Age at Marriage in Fifteenth-Century Ragusa

Living Together and Christian Ethics: The Bible and betrothal

Wealth Transfer and Restrictions on Sexual Relations during Betrothal

Structure and Patriarchal Functions in the Biblical Betrothal Type-Scene: Some Preliminary Notes

Whose Nation? Romanticizing the Vision of a Nation in Bole Butake's "Betrothal without Libation"and "Family Saga"