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。 - 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； - But Tess's desire seemed to be for a perpetual betrothal in which everything should remain as it was then.
苔丝的愿望似乎是要永远保持一种订婚的状态，要让一切都和现在一样维持不动。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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？ - 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。 - 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。