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
- 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。 - Hungary: The couple exchange betrothal rings.
匈牙利：新郎新娘交换订婚时戴的戒指。 - 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。 - 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。 - THERE WAS NO formal betrothal and no announcement was made of the engagement of Bolkonsky and Natasha; Prince Andrey insisted upon that.
没有举行订婚礼，博尔孔斯基和娜塔莎订婚的事亦未向任何人宣布，安德烈公爵坚持这样做。 - 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； - In the course of the next day the first of the usual betrothal visits were exchanged.
第二天，进行了第一轮例行的订婚互访。 - 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。 - Especially in the case of economic constraints, so high "betrothal gift" shouldn't be short of, such marriage has changed.
特别是在经济拮据的时候，还非要昂贵的彩礼，这样的婚姻走了味。 - 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。