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
- It shall always remain an emblem of our betrothal.
永为订盟之物。 - 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。 - Although scholars have different viewpoints concerning this issue, all of them share the idea that dowry and betrothal gifts are an important factor in building marriage relationship between the wife's family and the husband's family.
尽管学者对嫁妆与聘礼的看法差异很大，但他们还是站在一个共同的基点之上，即二者在给出妻子集团和接受妻子集团之间的姻亲关系的建立上是一个重要的因素。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 betrothal was announced early in the year and the wedding will be held at the end.
年初下定，年底迎娶。 - It should be said that betrothal and betrothal gifts have never been a hot research in the field of Marriage Law, but it is indeed a major blind spot in the legislation.
应该说，婚约和彩礼从来不是婚姻法领域研究的热点，但它确实是立法的一大盲点。 - 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。 - Their betrothal took place with great pomp and rejoicings.
他们举行了盛大而又欢乐的订婚仪式。