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

• 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？
• 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。
• Swedish wives wear three wedding rings: for betrothal, for marriage, and for motherhood.
  瑞典的妻子们都戴3枚结婚戒指：订婚的、结婚的和已做母亲的。
• 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。
• After betrothal it was the part of the betrothed to appoint the time of their wedding, when at least one year had passed.
  婚约订立一年之后，订婚的男女就可以决定他们成婚的日期了。
• It shall always remain an emblem of our betrothal.
  永为订盟之物。
• 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。
• A ring given and worn as a sign of betrothal.
  给予和佩带作为订婚标志的戒指。
• An invasion would not look well following a betrothal.
  订婚之后就大举侵入看起来不大好吧。
• 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。