marry
verb
ˈmæri
verb
1
get married marry
if
you
marry
someone,
you
become
their
husband
or
wife
In
spoken
English,
is
more
common
than
.
在英语口语中 get married 比 marry 更常用。
I,T
He
married
Bea
in
1925.
他在 1925 年娶了贝亚。
I’m
going
to
ask
her
to
marry
me
on
St
Valentine’s
Day.
我打算在情人节向她求婚。
She
married
young
(=at
a
young
age)
.
她结婚早。
People
in
higher
social
classes
are
more
likely
to
marry
late
(=when
they
are
older
than
is
usual)
.
社会阶层较高的人士倾向于晚婚。
Sophia
had,
in
a
sense,
married
beneath
her
(=married
someone
of
a
lower
social
class
than
her)
.
索菲亚在某种意义上是下嫁了。
2
to
perform
the
ceremony
at
which
two
people
get
married
为…主持婚礼
T
The
priest
who
married
us
was
really
nice.
为我们主持婚礼的那个牧师非常和蔼。
3
to
find
a
husband
or
wife
for
one
of
your
children
为〔自己的孩子〕找配偶
T
marry
sb
to
sb
She
was
determined
to
marry
all
of
her
daughters
to
rich
men.
她决心把她的女儿都嫁给有钱人。
4
marry up
also
又作
to
combine
two
different
ideas,
designs,
tastes
etc
together
[正式] 将〔两个不同的想法、设计、品位等〕结合在一起
T | formal
marry
sth
with/to
sth
The
building’s
design
marries
a
traditional
style
with
modern
materials.
大楼的设计把传统风格和现代材料结合在一起。
marry
sth
and
sth
He
writes
fiction
that
marries
up
realism
and
the
supernatural.
他写的小说把现实主义和超自然力量结合在一起。
5
not the marrying kind
not
the
type
of
person
who
wants
to
get
married
不是那种想结婚的人
I’m
just
not
the
marrying
kind.
我就不是那种想结婚的人。
6
to
join
a
family
or
social
group
by
marrying
someone
who
belongs
to
it
通过婚姻而进入〔配偶所属的家庭或社会团体〕
She
married
into
a
very
wealthy
family.
她嫁进了一个非常富有的人家。
7
to
find
a
husband
or
wife
for
someone
–
used
in
order
to
show
disapproval
为〔某人〕寻得配偶〔含贬义〕
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to
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They
married
her
off
to
the
first
young
man
who
came
along.
一有个年轻人出现，他们就把她嫁掉了。