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betroth sb to sb
主语通常指安排婚事的长辈（如父母或监护人）；主动语态在现代英语中较少见。
Her father betrothed her to a man from a neighboring village.
她父亲把她许配给了邻村的一个男子。
许配
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许配
give to in marriage
Her father betrothed her to a man from a neighboring village.
她父亲把她许配给了邻村的一个男子。
许配
give to in marriage
betroth
Base
原形
betroths
3rd person
第三人称单数
betrothing
-ing
现在分词
betrothed
Past
过去式
betrothed
Past participle
过去分词
Her father betroths her to a wealthy merchant.
她父亲把她许配给一位富商。
The king betrothed his daughter to the prince.
国王把他的女儿许配给王子。
They have betrothed their son to a family friend.
他们已把儿子许配给一位世交。
常用于被动语态 be betrothed to，表示“与……订婚”。
The old king betrothed his daughter to a neighboring prince.
老国王把女儿许配给了邻国的王子。
She was betrothed at a young age to a man she hardly knew.
她很小的时候就被许配给了一个她几乎不认识的男人。
They decided to betroth their son to a close friend's daughter.
他们决定把儿子许配给一位好朋友的女儿。
主语通常指安排婚事的长辈（如父母或监护人）；主动语态在现代英语中较少见。
Her father betrothed her to a man from a neighboring village.
她父亲把她许配给了邻村的一个男子。
betroth 常用于被动语态，be betrothed to 表示“与某人有婚约”或“已许配给某人”。
She was betrothed to the king's son in 1518.
她在1518年被许配给了国王的儿子。
Not this
She is betrothed with her cousin.
Use this
She is betrothed to her cousin.
英语中表示“与……订婚”的固定搭配是 be betrothed to，介词用 to 而不是 with；用 with 是受汉语“和/与”影响的中式英语。
Not this
They betrothed last spring.
Use this
They were betrothed last spring.
betroth 是及物动词，必须带宾语；表示双方相互订婚时要用被动语态 be betrothed，不能把它当不及物动词直接说 they betrothed。
Not this
They are betroth to each other.
Use this
They are betrothed to each other.
在 be 动词后面要用过去分词 betrothed 作表语，不能漏掉词尾 -ed 用动词原形 betroth；这是规则动词过去分词的拼写规则。
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与……订婚
She was betrothed to a count at sixteen.
她十六岁时与一位伯爵订了婚。
把女儿许配给
He betrothed his daughter to his friend's son.
他把女儿许配给了朋友的儿子。
幼时订婚
The two children were betrothed in infancy.
这两个孩子自幼订婚。
未婚夫妻
The betrothed couple were finally reunited.
这对未婚夫妻终于团聚了。
我必聘你永远归我为妻，以仁义、公平、慈爱、怜悯聘你归我。（《圣经·何西阿书》2:19）
They were betrothed in a private ceremony and married a year later.
他们在私人仪式上订了婚，一年后结婚。
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betroth 拆成 be + troth（誓言）：许配就是向婚姻许下誓言。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、historical fiction、wedding announcements 这个词通常用于正式或文学语境，多出现在历史题材或庄重的婚约表述中，日常口语较少使用。
Rhymes with clothe and loathe (stressed /əʊð/). Lookalike warnings: both ends in /θ/ (not /ð/), so it does not rhyme; moth has a different vowel (/ɒ/); breathe and bequeath end in /ð/ but have /iː/, not /əʊ/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.