Word · Frequency #25922
betrothing
许配
betrothing is the present participle of betroth.
give to in marriage
- 1.
give to in marriage
许配
订婚；许配；[法] 订婚
In use
The old king betrothed his daughter to a neighboring prince.
She was betrothed at a young age to a man she hardly knew.
They decided to betroth their son to a close friend's daughter.
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”。
She was betrothed to the king's son in 1518.
她在1518年被许配给了国王的儿子。
Verb forms
base betroth · third person betroths · -ing betrothing · past betrothed · past participle betrothed
常用于被动语态 be betrothed to，表示“与……订婚”。
Common mistakes
She is betrothed with her cousin.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。
They betrothed last spring.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。
They are betroth to each other.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。
Connections
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。
Pop culture & quotes
- And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
betroth 拆成 be + troth（誓言）：许配就是向婚姻许下誓言。
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。
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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