betrothal

英 [bɪˈtrəʊðl]

美 [bɪˈtroʊðl]

n.  婚约; 订婚

复数：betrothals　

法律

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
  Synonym:espousal
• a mutual promise to marry
  Synonym:trothengagement

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• Second, the focus marriage culture is put upon the quantity of betrothal gifts and whether or not being well matched in social and economic status, while in imperial matrimony culture politics, diplomacy and military affairs are taken into account;
  二是婚姻文化比较重视聘财的多寡和门当户对，而和亲文化则更多考虑政治、外交及军事因素；
• Since then I have named the piece in D flat major as the Betrothal é tude, and look on myself as a matchmaker.
  从那时起我就将这一降D大调的作品命名为婚约练习曲，并将自己看作是一个媒人。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？