Betroth
[bɪ'trəʊð;-θ]
解釋/意思:
(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.
柯蒂斯校對
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Affiance, pledge in marriage, engage to marry.
汉弗莱手打
解釋/意思:
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.
艾拉編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- His betrothed looked shocked at the metaphor, and George Dorset exclaimed with a sardonic growl: Poor devil! 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- I was in a flutter of pride and anxiety; pride in my dear little betrothed, and anxiety that Agnes should like her. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Betrothed, or not betrothed, she was equally far from me. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- She was betrothed to a good young man, too: a tenant of his. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- She smiled and looked up at her betrothed with grateful eyes. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The betrothed bride must see her future home, and dictate any changes that she would like to have made there. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- To the general relief the Countess Olenska was not present in her grandmother's drawing-room during the visit of the betrothed couple. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
海伦娜編輯