Word · Frequency #25922
betrothing
许配
betrothing is the present participle of betroth.
核心释义
give to in marriage
- 1.
许配
give to in marriage
订婚；许配；[法] 订婚
用法In use
The old king betrothed his daughter to a neighboring prince.
用法提示：betrothed 是 betroth 的过去式，用“betroth sb to sb”表示“把…许配给某人”。
She was betrothed at a young age to a man she hardly knew.
用法提示：was betrothed 是被动语态，be betrothed to sb 表示“被许配给某人”。
They decided to betroth their son to a close friend's daughter.
用法提示：to betroth 是不定式，直接跟宾语和 to 引出的对象，表示“把…许配给…”。
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。
be betrothed to sb
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”。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- be betrothed to
- 与……订婚
- She was betrothed to a count at sixteen.她十六岁时与一位伯爵订了婚。
- betroth one's daughter to
- 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。
- betrothed in infancy
- 幼时订婚
- The two children were betrothed in infancy.这两个孩子自幼订婚。
- betrothed couple
- 未婚夫妻
- The betrothed couple were finally reunited.这对未婚夫妻终于团聚了。
流行文化与引用
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
betroth 拆成 be + troth（誓言）：许配就是向婚姻许下誓言。
语境与语域Context & Register
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。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
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/.
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