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
- All the church bells rung, and the heralds rode about the town proclaiming the betrothal.
教堂的钟都响起来了，传令人骑着马在街上宣布订婚的喜讯。 - A ring given and worn as a sign of betrothal.
给予和佩带作为订婚标志的戒指。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Swedish wives wear three wedding rings: for betrothal, for marriage, and for motherhood.
瑞典的妻子们都戴3枚结婚戒指：订婚的、结婚的和已做母亲的。 - 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。 - Especially in the case of economic constraints, so high "betrothal gift" shouldn't be short of, such marriage has changed.
特别是在经济拮据的时候，还非要昂贵的彩礼，这样的婚姻走了味。 - Eug é nie is to be married in a week, and in three days there is to be a grand feast, a betrothal festival.
欧热妮在一星期内要结婚了，三天之后，就要有一场盛大的宴会，一个订婚宴会。 - Betrothal gift is a traditional folk customs of our country, which experienced a long history of evolution.
彩礼是我国传统的民间风俗，历经了长久的历史演变。