marriage 的定义
- any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
- Also called opposite-sex marriage .the form of this institution under which a man and a woman have established their decision to live as husband and wife by legal commitments, religious ceremonies, etc.See also traditional marriage. this institution expanded to include two partners of the same gender, as in same-sex marriage; gay marriage.
- the state, condition, or relationship of being married; wedlock: They have a happy marriage.
- the legal or religious ceremony that formalizes the decision of two people to live as a married couple, including the accompanying social festivities: to officiate at a marriage.
- a relationship in which two people have pledged themselves to each other in the manner of a husband and wife, without legal sanction: trial marriage.
- any close or intimate association or union:the marriage of words and music in a hit song.
- a formal agreement between two companies or enterprises to combine operations, resources, etc., for mutual benefit; merger.
- a blending or matching of different elements or components: The new lipstick is a beautiful marriage of fragrance and texture.
- Cards. a meld of the king and queen of a suit, as in pinochle.Compare royal marriage.
- a piece of antique furniture assembled from components of two or more authentic pieces.
- Obsolete. the formal declaration or contract by which act a man and a woman join in wedlock.
marriage 近义词
legal joining of two people; a union
更多marriage例句
- The problem turned around when we started going to a marriage counselor.
- That and other disorders are carried by a high proportion of people in parts of the world where marriage between cousins is common.
- We hope you enjoy using this espresso machine leading up to your big day and throughout your marriage.
- But, generally, education is associated with later marriage.
- The Supreme Court has described marriage as a fundamental right 14 times since 1888.
- Meanwhile, in Florida, Bush was flooded with questions about whether gay marriage could possibly come to the Sunshine State.
- So, Islamized teaching sends girls back home for marriage and housework, and remains exclusively for boys.
- To those who agreed with him, Bush pledged that the law against same-sex marriage would remain intact.
- Bush busy engaging constituents on both sides of the same-sex marriage debate ahead of the 2004 presidential election.
- Gay marriage was the hot-button fight on the left and right.
- Do you want the marriage of your daughter with the rich and Honourable Harry broken?
- After her marriage to Eugène Manet she came under the influence of his famous brother, Édouard.
- It had come into the family through the marriage of a former earl with the heiress of the great Chudleigh family.
- Seven o'clock was the hour fixed for the marriage: it would be twilight then, and dinner over.
- The mode of procession was a little out of the common order of such affairs; but so was the marriage.