betrothal
n. 订婚；婚约
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
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
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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"
betrothal (n.)
1844, from betroth + -al (2). Earlier in same sense were betrothment (1580s), betrothing (14c.).
1. "Betrothal" sounds less suburban.
“订婚”这个词听起来不那么土气。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
2. 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。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
3. 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。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
4. The rite of sending Betrothal presents
委禽之礼
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 习语
5. her betrothal
她的婚约
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例
6. "Was it not his betrothal feast?"
“那次不是他的订婚喜宴吗？”
-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考
7. Two people united, as by betrothal or marriage.
夫妻，情侣通过订婚或婚姻结合在一起的两个人
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
8. "These are mournful auspices to accompany a betrothal," sighed poor Renée.
“这些都是不祥之兆
-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考
9. enter into betrothal
订婚
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
10. For certain souls do not some thoughts and actions, prompted by love, amount to solemn betrothal?
爱所驱使的一些思想和行为，对于某些人来说不就等于神圣的婚约吗？
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
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