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
- It shall always remain an emblem of our betrothal.
永为订盟之物。 - This time, his mother introduced a Beijing girl, green text, and specially arranged for them a betrothal ceremony at sea tourism.
这次,母亲又为他介绍了一个北京姑娘青文,并特意为他们安排了一次海上旅游订婚仪式。 - He had become urgent in his entreaties that the betrothal might take place before his departure.
他急切地请求要在他走之前就订婚。 - Yet because of the objection of the imperial families, he had to select a girl from an ordinary family and provide her with many betrothal gifts.
然而,由于皇室家庭的反对,他不得不从一个普通的家庭选一个女人给他大量的聘礼。 - Since our country abolished "Six Laws", the betrothal would disappear in our legal norms.
我国自从废除中华民国六法全书之后,婚约就从我国法律规范中消失。 - The moment, although laws in china does not include adjustments to engagement and betrothal gifts, but engagement and a man giving betrothal gifts to a woman when they get engaged are prevalent in folk.
当下,虽然我国法律没有将婚约和彩礼纳入调整范围,但是订婚和给付彩礼在我国民间却盛行。 - It should be said that betrothal and betrothal gifts have never been a hot research in the field of Marriage Law, but it is indeed a major blind spot in the legislation.
应该说,婚约和彩礼从来不是婚姻法领域研究的热点,但它确实是立法的一大盲点。 - Conventionally, the ring is presented as a betrothal gift by a man to his prospective spouse while he proposes marriage or directly after she accepts his marriage proposal.
来说,男方会在向女方求婚或者女方答应求婚后将戒指礼物在订婚仪式上送给女方。 - Betrothal gift is a traditional folk customs of our country, which experienced a long history of evolution.
彩礼是我国传统的民间风俗,历经了长久的历史演变。 - The Cultural Dimension of Betrothal Gifts among the Minority Peoples of Yunnan
试析云南少数民族婚俗聘礼的文化内涵