Betroth
[bɪ'trəʊð;-θ]
解释:
(v. t.) To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman.
(v. t.) To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to.
(v. t.) To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration.
柯蒂斯校对
同义词及近义词:
v. a. Affiance, pledge in marriage, engage to marry.
汉弗莱手打
解释:
v.t. to contract or promise in order to marriage: to affiance: (obs.) to pledge one's self to any cause.—ns. Betroth′al Betroth′ment an agreement or contract with a view to marriage.
艾拉编辑
例句:
- His betrothed looked shocked at the metaphor, and George Dorset exclaimed with a sardonic growl: Poor devil! 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- I was in a flutter of pride and anxiety; pride in my dear little betrothed, and anxiety that Agnes should like her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Betrothed, or not betrothed, she was equally far from me. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- She was betrothed to a good young man, too: a tenant of his. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- She smiled and looked up at her betrothed with grateful eyes. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- The betrothed bride must see her future home, and dictate any changes that she would like to have made there. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- To the general relief the Countess Olenska was not present in her grandmother's drawing-room during the visit of the betrothed couple. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
海伦娜编辑