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betrothal

/bih-troh-thuhl, -traw-thuhl/US // bɪˈtroʊ ðəl, -ˈtrɔ θəl //UK // (bɪˈtrəʊðəl) //

订婚,定婚,定亲,婚约

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act or state of being betrothed; engagement.

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Examples

  • Princess Beatrice is widely thought to be on the point of announcing her betrothal to her boyfriend of six years, Dave Clark.

  • For had it not been for this gloomy blot of my betrothal to her I would not now have exchanged my life for that of any man I knew.

  • There was a public betrothal which effected the reconciliation.

  • This is why SHE was brought here on the eve of my betrothal.

  • If they knew of Glacier Point and the betrothal, they might believe him.

  • Very wisely he had refused to accept a bill for this sum; it had to be paid to him before the betrothal.