betrothed
英 [bɪˈtrəʊðd]
美 [bɪˈtroʊðd]
adj. 订了婚的; 已订婚的人; 未婚妻(或夫)
v. 订婚,许配
betroth的过去分词和过去式
BNC.36709 / COCA.32339
牛津词典
adj.
- 订了婚的
having promised to marry sb - 已订婚的人;未婚妻(或夫)
the person that sb has promised to marry
柯林斯词典
- ADJ 订了婚的;定了亲的
If you arebetrothed tosomeone, you have agreed to marry them.- She was betrothed to his brother.
她和他哥哥订了婚。 - Yourbetrothedis the person you are betrothed to.
订婚对象;未婚夫;未婚妻 - She is here without her betrothed.
她丢下未婚夫一个人来了。
- She was betrothed to his brother.
英英释义
noun
- the person to whom you are engaged
adj
- pledged to be married
- the engaged couple
双语例句
- She was betrothed to her husband when she was only ten.
她才满十岁就许配人了。 - Her father betrothed her to a banker.
她父亲把她许配给一位银行家。 - She came to see me with her betrothed.
她跟她的未来配偶来看我。 - She is betrothed to a son of the Li family.
她已跟李家的儿子定亲。 - She is not my mistress, replied the young sailor, gravely;" she is my betrothed. "
“她不是我的情妇,”青年水手神色庄重严肃地说,“她是我的未婚妻。” - She was betrothed to her cousin at an early age.
她年龄很小时就和表哥订了婚。 - The couple was betrothed with the family's approval.
那对男女经家庭同意订了婚。 - He betrothed his daughter to a rich man.
他把他的女儿许配给一个有钱人。 - The pair were later betrothed.
那对男女后来订婚了。 - In the meantime, Chao's parents betrothed him to a girl of fourteen, whom he dutifully married.
这时,父母给他找了一个十四岁的媳妇,他便尽义务似地结了婚。