Word · Frequency #14660
remarry
再婚
marry again, not for the first time
- 1.
To marry a second or subsequent time (the same spouse or a different one) after the end of a marriage.
婚姻结束后与同一或不同配偶再次或多次结婚；再婚。
婚姻结束后与同一或不同配偶再次或多次结婚；再婚。；(使)再婚
In use
After the divorce, she decided not to remarry and focused on raising her children.
They remarried last year after being separated for five years.
She is remarrying in the spring and has already sent out the invitations.
remarry
After her divorce, she chose not to remarry.
离婚后，她选择不再婚。
remarry sb
He remarried his first wife ten years later.
十年后，他与第一任妻子复婚。
get remarried
They got remarried in a small ceremony.
他们在一场小型仪式上再婚了。
Verb forms
base remarry · third person remarries · -ing remarrying · past remarried · past participle remarried
remarry 是规则动词，意为“再婚”，过去式和过去分词都是 remarried。
Common mistakes
After her husband died, she remarried again in 2019.After her husband died, she remarried in 2019.
remarry 中的前缀 re- 已表示“再、又”，再加 again 会语义重复；去掉 again 后句子意思不变且更自然。
He remarried with a woman ten years younger.He remarried a woman ten years younger.
英语中 remarry 是及物动词，接“某人”作宾语时不需要介词 with；中文“和……再婚”里的“和”不能直译成 with。
The widower has remarryed his old friend.The widower has remarried his old friend.
remarry 的过去式和过去分词要把词尾 y 改为 i 再加 -ed，即 remarried，不能直接加 -ed 写成 remarryed。
Connections
Collocations
- remarry after divorce
- 离婚后再次结婚
- Many people choose to remarry after divorce.许多人在离婚后选择再婚。
- never remarry
- 不再婚
- After her husband passed away, she never remarried.她丈夫去世后，她一直没有再婚。
- remarry within a year
- 一年内再婚
- He remarried within a year of the divorce.离婚后不到一年他就再婚了。
- remarry one's ex-wife
- 与前任妻子复婚
- He remarried his ex-wife in 2010.他于2010年与前妻复婚。
- remarry for love
- 为爱再婚
- She remarried for love, not for financial security.她为爱再婚，而不是为了经济保障。
- remarry later in life
Learner notes
Memory Tip
re（再）+ marry（结婚），想象再次穿上婚纱：remarry 就是再婚。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常谈话、正式文书、新闻报道 该词为中性表达，通常用于谈论婚姻状况，日常对话和正式场合均可使用，但在口语中有时更常说get married again。
Pronunciation & Spelling
remarry 读作 /ˌriːˈmæri/，重音在第二个音节，与 carry、marry、parry、harry、Larry、Gary 押韵（末尾都是 /æri/）。注意拼写相似的 berry /ˈberi/、fairy /ˈfeəri/ 读音不同，不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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