marriage

复数：marriages

1. [C]结婚 the union of a man and woman by a ceremony in law
2. [U]婚姻状况 the state of being so united
3. [C]婚礼 wedding; ceremony at which a couple are married

• accept the marriage答应结婚
• announce a marriage宣布结婚
• arrange the marriage安排婚礼
• break a marriage离婚
• dissolve a marriage解除婚约
• enter into a marriage结婚
• perform the marriage举行婚礼
• promise marriage to sb答应与某人结婚
• propose marriage to sb向某人求婚
• reject marriage拒婚
• repair a broken marriage使夫妻破镜重圆

• arranged marriage事先筹划的婚姻
• broken marriage破裂的婚姻
• civil marriage公证结婚
• common-law marriage未行正式仪式或未经法律批准的婚姻,同居
• deferred marriage晚婚
• early marriage早婚
• fictitious marriage虚伪的结婚
• happy marriage美满的婚姻
• illegal marriage不合法的结婚
• ill-fated marriage招致不幸的婚姻
• interracial marriage不同种族之间的婚姻
• late marriage晚婚
• lawful marriage合法婚姻
• legal marriage合法的结婚
• loveless marriage没有爱情的婚姻
• mixed marriage杂婚,异族通婚
• monogamous marriage一夫一妇
• open marriage公开的婚姻
• premature marriage早婚
• secret marriage秘密的婚姻
• unhappy marriage不幸的婚姻

• group marriage杂婚,群交共婚制

• marriage agency婚姻介绍所
• marriage law婚姻法

• after marriage婚后
• age at marriage结婚年龄
• by marriage由姻亲关系
• relation by marriage姻亲
• give (a daughter) in marriage嫁女
• take (a woman) in marriage娶妻
• unite in marriage通过结婚而结合
• rush into marriage草率结婚
• offer of marriage求婚

• marriage for money为钱而结婚
• marriage into (a family)结婚后成为(家庭的)一员
• marriage of convenience权宜之计的婚姻
• marriage to sb与某人的婚姻

marriage law婚姻法

happy marriage美满的婚姻

marriage certificate结婚证书

gay marriage同性恋婚姻

successful marriage成功的婚姻

marriage registration结婚登记

by marriage与婚姻有关的，因婚姻而产生的

marriage ceremony结婚仪式，结婚典礼

marriage age结婚年龄

marriage proposal求婚

marriage license结婚证

arranged marriage家庭包办婚姻

marriage contract（婚前预定财产权，继承权等的）结婚契约

forced marriage逼婚

trial marriage试婚

mercenary marriage买卖婚姻；着眼实利的婚姻

mixed marriage异族通婚

civil marriage公证结婚；世俗婚礼；非宗教仪式婚姻

propose marriage求婚

marriage vows婚礼宣誓

1. The news of their marriage knocked me for a loop.
   他们结婚的消息使我大吃一惊。
2. It was a pleasant surprise to learn of her marriage.
   得知她结婚是件令人惊喜的事。
3. Marriage is an institution in most societies.
   婚姻是大多数社会早已确立的制度。
4. Marriage is for life.
   婚姻是终身大事。
5. He played a passive role in the marriage.
   他在婚姻中扮演了一个被动的角色。
6. C++ is a marriage of the low-level with the high-level.
   C++是低级语言与高级语言的一种密切结合。
7. A lichen is a compound organism, a symbiotic marriage of fungus and algae.
   青苔是一种复合有机体，是真菌和水藻的共生结合体。