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美音:[´merıdʒ ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.结婚,婚姻,婚姻生活,密切结合,合并

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marriage


/'mærɪdʒ; `mærɪdʒ/
n
1 [U, C] legal union between a man and a woman as husband and wife; state of being married 结婚; 婚姻
*an offer of marriage 求婚
* After ten years of marriage, they are divorcing. 他们结婚十年了, 现在正闹离婚.
* [attrib 作定语] a marriage feast, settlement 婚宴、结婚授产契约
* Her first marriage ended after five years. 她的第一次婚姻维持了五年.
2 [C] ceremony at which a couple are married; wedding 婚礼
*Her second marriage was held/took place in St John's Church. 她的第二次婚礼是在圣约翰教堂举行的.
* a marriage in a registry office 在结婚登记处举行的婚礼.
3 (idm 习语) give sb in `marriage (to sb) (fml 文) offer (usu one's daughter) as a wife 把某人(通常指女儿)嫁出去. take sb in `marriage (fml 文) marry sb 嫁或娶某人.

marriage


n
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: French;Origin: mariage, from marier; MARRY]
[U and C]
the relationship between two people who are married, or the state of being married
 She has three daughters from a previous marriage.
 One in three marriages ends in divorce.
marriage to
 his marriage to Marilyn Monroe
marriage between
 In Denmark they have legalized marriage between gay couples.
 They have a very happy marriage .
 children of mixed marriages
 Women were often forced into arranged marriages .
 She felt trapped in a loveless marriage .
 She moved to London after the break-up of her marriage .
 My parents disapprove of sex before marriage .
 More than half of all births in the region are outside marriage .
[C]
the ceremony in which two people get married
= wedding
 The marriage took place at St Bartholomew's church.
by marriage
if you are related to someone by marriage, they are married to someone in your family, or you are married to someone in theirs
 her cousin by marriage
COLLOCATES for sense 1
happy/unhappy marriage
mixed marriage (=between people of different races or religions)
arranged marriage (=your parents choose the person who you marry)
loveless marriage
a marriage breaks down (=it ends because of disagreements)
the breakdown/break-up of your marriage (=the end of your marriage)
sex before marriage/outside marriage
be born outside marriage (=be born when your parents are not married)
propose marriageformal (=ask someone to marry you)
consummate a marriage (=make your marriage complete by having sex)
annul a marriageformal (=a court or church leader officially ends a marriage)

1. But the windowing custom is only one example of the surprising views of marriage that have existed around the world.
    但是爬窗这种风俗仅仅是世界上存在过的、让人感到吃惊的婚姻观点中的一个例子而已。

2. But surely there aren't many cases of marriage fraud involving Italians, I suggested.
    但牵涉到意大利人的结婚骗局案肯定不会多, 我这样对他说。

3. But never, ever, warn marriage law consultants, should you use the same lawyer as your future spouse does.
    但婚姻法顾问警告说,永远不要选择你未来伴侣的律师来做你的律师。

4. Both marriage and family involve long-term obligations and responsibility for shared care, not just the search of happiness, that hollow goal of the modern age.
    婚姻和家庭意味着互相关爱的长期义务与责任,而不仅仅是寻求幸福,这一摩登时代的空洞目标。

5. Without his leadership and special way of thinking, members of the community quickly returned to the traditional marriage of one woman and one man.
    没有了他的领导,没有了他的特殊思维方式,这个社区的成员就很快地恢复了一夫一妻的传统婚姻方式。

6. With the passage of time and the birth of grandchildren, their mothers accepted their marriage.
    随着时间的流逝,随着孙子和外孙的出世,他们的母亲都认可了他们的婚姻。

7. We can now not only choose our marriage partner, we also can divorce that partner at will, subject children to our own adult worship of happiness, and deny the other parent any regular contact with their children.
    现在我们不仅可以选择配偶,也可以任意与其离婚,将我们成人对幸福的崇拜置于孩子的利益之上,也可以阻止另一方与孩子有任何经常性的来往。

8. We can even, if we want, interpret the term "family" to include people who are not related to us either by blood or marriage — a set of close friends who support one another, like the women I mentioned above.
    愿意的话我们甚至可以把 "家庭"看作包括一些与我们既无血缘关系、又无婚姻关系的人 --一些互相扶持的亲密朋友,就像前面所提到的那些女士。

9. Their marriage ended in divorce.
    他们的婚姻以离婚收场。

10. Their marriage was a happy one.
    他们的婚姻很美满。

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