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matrimony

/ma-truh-moh-nee/US // ˈmæ trəˌmoʊ ni //UK // (ˈmætrɪmənɪ) //

婚姻,婚姻生活,婚姻关系,婚姻状况

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural mat·ri·mo·nies for 2.

    • : the state of being married; marriage: He was married in 1870 and lived in matrimony 12 years.
    • : the rite, ceremony, or sacrament of marriage: The priest has united them in the bonds of holy matrimony.

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Examples

  • In the movie’s early scenes, she’s a saucy seductress, a good girl who wants to have fun—within the bounds of holy matrimony, of course.

  • Billie Holliday was united in matrimony with trombonist Jimmy Monroe in Elkton in 1941 just before they joined Lionel Hampton’s band.

  • The self-proclaimed ‘marriage capital of the world’ gets on board with same-sex matrimony.

  • So who better to join you in holy matrimony and on that trip around the world?

  • Potential recruits are told their main role in the Islamic revolution will be through matrimony and childbearing, not martyrdom.

  • She uses the celebrations of holy matrimony as a way to chronicle her own relationships, both romantic and platonic.

  • Lucy Scholes on what they reveal about matrimony today—and their literary ancestors.

  • Perhaps you may think such a frame of mind naturally leads a man to the consideration of matrimony.

  • The danger with long engagements is that they often do not end in matrimony, and in such a case a young girl's future is blighted.

  • They had entered into matrimony without having had their attention drawn to the ways in which a home can, and should, be managed.

  • We make the profession of teacher a stop-gap for girls between the normal school and matrimony.

  • "Because my experience of matrimony has been any thing but pleasant already," responded the orphan.