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dowry

/dou-ree/US // ˈdaʊ ri //UK // (ˈdaʊərɪ) //

嫁妆,陪嫁,嫁资,嫁妝

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right对,正确,权利,对的custom习俗,风俗,习惯,定制culture文化,培养,文艺,文艺界legacy遗产,遗留问题,遗赠,遗留ancestry祖先,祖籍,祖辈,祖传tradition传统,传统的,传统的东西endowment捐赠,拨款,禀赋,捐赠品skill技巧,技能,技术,技巧方面talent人才,人才培养,人才济济gift礼物,礼品,馈赠,赠品outlook展望,观点,展望未来,愿景precedence优先权,先例,优先级,先行rank级别,等级,排名,职级sphere球体,球形,球状,球面standing站立,站在,站立式,站立的prosperity繁荣,景气度,景气,繁荣度footing基脚,基底,基础,基基础state国家,国家的,国家的情况station站,站台,站内,站长lot很多,地段,大量,批量

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural dow·ries.

    • : Also dower. the money, goods, or estate that a wife brings to her husband at marriage.
    • : Archaic. a widow's dower.
    • : a natural gift, endowment, talent, etc.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as indower
Synonyms
endowment捐赠,拨款,禀赋,捐赠品gift礼物,礼品,馈赠,赠品skill技巧,技能,技术,技巧方面talent人才,人才培养,人才济济
as incircumstances
Synonyms
assets资产capital资本,首府chances机会,机遇,几率,的机会class类,类别,阶级,种类command指挥部,指挥,命令,指令degree程度,度,级别,度数footing基脚,基底,基础,基基础income收入,收益,收入情况,收入方面lifestyle生活方式,生活习惯,生命方式,活方式lot很多,地段,大量,批量means途径,意思是,意思是说,办法outlook展望,观点,展望未来,愿景position位置,定位,职务,姿势precedence优先权,先例,优先级,先行prestige威望,声望,威信,威望性property财产,属性,物业,财物prospects前前景,展望,展望未来,前景prosperity繁荣,景气度,景气,繁荣度rank级别,等级,排名,职级rating评级,等级评定,评分,等级resources资源,资源方面,资源方面的situation情况,状况,局势,局面sphere球体,球形,球状,球面standing站立,站在,站立式,站立的state国家,国家的,国家的情况station站,站台,站内,站长status身份,身份地位,身份信息substance物质,物体,物质的,物质上times时间,次,时代,倍financial status财务状况,财政状况,金融状况,财力状况net worth净资产,净值,资产净值,身价way of life生活方式,活法,活路,人生观worldly goods世俗物品,世物,世间万物,世俗生活
as inheritage
Synonyms
ancestry祖先,祖籍,祖辈,祖传culture文化,培养,文艺,文艺界custom习俗,风俗,习惯,定制legacy遗产,遗留问题,遗赠,遗留right对,正确,权利,对的tradition传统,传统的,传统的东西bequest遗赠,遗产,遗赠品,遗嘱birthright长子的权利,生来的权利,生有权,长生不老的权利convention惯例,公约,习俗,协定endowment捐赠,拨款,禀赋,捐赠品estate遗产,财产,庄园,房地产fashion时尚,时尚界,时尚界的inheritance遗产,继承,继承性,继承权lot很多,地段,大量,批量patrimony家产,家底,遗产,祖传portion部分,一部分,份额,部分内容share分享,共享,分享到,份额heirship继承权,继承人身份,继承人资格,继承人heritance遗产,遗传,传承,继承性

Examples

  • After his father’s health deteriorated, Faruqui assumed still greater responsibilities—his three sisters had to be married, and weddings meant dowries.

  • I found that these women often give consent to these marriages to escape poverty and the burden of dowry.

  • Assam and West Bengal, meanwhile, are known as “source states” – localities struggling with poverty, the aftermath of natural disasters and the burden of the dowry system.

  • Each successful hit contributes to a virtual “anti dowry fund.”

  • Once the dowry has been cashed, there is no financial reason to keep the wife around.

  • The woman is a commodity to make money—the dowry becomes a business transaction.

  • The full document is quoted in a new book by Avi Raz, The Bride and the Dowry, complete with the typing errors I then made.

  • The groom has to give the bride a dowry to make the contract valid, and that dowry is for her and her alone to use as she wishes.

  • He tried to marry his daughter without a dowry to some man who was intoxicated with nobility.

  • In 1838 he married the daughter of Moreau (de l'Oise), who brought him a very large dowry.

  • Give them a suitable dowry, take care of them, and speak to them always like a friend.

  • This money she used as a dowry and it aided in consummating her marriage with Cerizet.

  • Her family—that of the bourgeoisie of Nancy—fooled Castanier about the size of her dowry and her "expectations."

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