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
- 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？ - Conventionally, the ring is presented as a betrothal gift by a man to his prospective spouse while he proposes marriage or directly after she accepts his marriage proposal.
来说，男方会在向女方求婚或者女方答应求婚后将戒指礼物在订婚仪式上送给女方。 - A ring given and worn as a sign of betrothal.
给予和佩带作为订婚标志的戒指。 - According to the laws of the Eldar this betrothal was bound them to stand for one year at least, and it often stood for longer.
根据埃尔达精灵的法律，由订婚到正式成婚至少需要一年，而实际生活中的间隔往往更长。 - It shall always remain an emblem of our betrothal.
永为订盟之物。 - This time, his mother introduced a Beijing girl, green text, and specially arranged for them a betrothal ceremony at sea tourism.
这次，母亲又为他介绍了一个北京姑娘青文，并特意为他们安排了一次海上旅游订婚仪式。 - 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； - 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。 - 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。 - Betrothal marriage is the legal marriage reflected and recorded in The Book of Songs and The Book of Rites.
聘婚是周人的合法婚姻。这在《诗经》和《礼记》中均有反映和记载。