betrothal
英 [bɪˈtrəʊðl]
美 [bɪˈtroʊðl]
n. 婚约; 订婚
复数：betrothals
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
- a mutual promise to marry
双语例句
- All the church bells rung, and the heralds rode about the town proclaiming the betrothal.
教堂的钟都响起来了，传令人骑着马在街上宣布订婚的喜讯。 - Especially in the case of economic constraints, so high "betrothal gift" shouldn't be short of, such marriage has changed.
特别是在经济拮据的时候，还非要昂贵的彩礼，这样的婚姻走了味。 - 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。 - 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。 - The betrothal was announced early in the year and the wedding will be held at the end.
年初下定，年底迎娶。 - Until now, in some areas unmarried men and women need to give betrothal gift before marriage.
直到现在，部分地区未婚男女在缔结婚姻之前仍要给付彩礼。 - THERE WAS NO formal betrothal and no announcement was made of the engagement of Bolkonsky and Natasha; Prince Andrey insisted upon that.
没有举行订婚礼，博尔孔斯基和娜塔莎订婚的事亦未向任何人宣布，安德烈公爵坚持这样做。 - 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。 - In the course of the next day the first of the usual betrothal visits were exchanged.
第二天，进行了第一轮例行的订婚互访。 - A ring given and worn as a sign of betrothal.
给予和佩带作为订婚标志的戒指。