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

过去分词：betrothed　过去式：betrothed　

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.
  1. She was betrothed to his brother.
     她和他哥哥订了婚。
  2. Yourbetrothedis the person you are betrothed to.
     订婚对象；未婚夫；未婚妻
  3. She is here without her betrothed.
     她丢下未婚夫一个人来了。

英英释义

noun

• the person to whom you are engaged

adj

• pledged to be married
  1. the engaged couple
  Synonym:bespoken

双语例句

• The couple was betrothed with the family's approval.
  那对男女经家庭同意订了婚。
• She was betrothed against her will to my dear friend.
  她被违背她的意愿地许配给我的挚友。
• He was prescribing poetry to his betrothed.
  他在给他的未婚妻制定一种诗意。
• And I said: She that is betrothed unto me.
  我回答说：她是订婚所不欲我。
• She is betrothed to a son of the Li family.
  她已跟李家的儿子定亲。
• The pair were later betrothed.
  那对男女后来订婚了。
• Her father betrothed her very early to a boy.
  她父亲在她年幼时就把她许配给一个男孩。
• He betrothed his daughter to Mr. Smith.
  他把他的女儿许配给史密斯先生。
• 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。
• Worse than that, she was faithless, and had married one of the persecutors of her betrothed.
  比那更糟&她忘情负义，嫁给一个迫害她未婚夫的人了。