betrothed

英 [bɪˈtrəʊðd]

美 [bɪˈtroʊðd]

adj.  订了婚的; 已订婚的人; 未婚妻(或夫)
v.  订婚，许配
betroth的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：betrothed　过去式：betrothed　

BNC.36709 / COCA.32339

牛津词典

adj.

• 订了婚的
  having promised to marry sb
• 已订婚的人；未婚妻（或夫）
  the person that sb has promised to marry

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 订了婚的；定了亲的
  If you arebetrothed tosomeone, you have agreed to marry them.
  1. She was betrothed to his brother.
     她和他哥哥订了婚。
  2. Yourbetrothedis the person you are betrothed to.
     订婚对象；未婚夫；未婚妻
  3. She is here without her betrothed.
     她丢下未婚夫一个人来了。

英英释义

noun

• the person to whom you are engaged

adj

• pledged to be married
  1. the engaged couple
  Synonym:bespoken

双语例句

• The couple was betrothed with the family's approval.
  那对男女经家庭同意订了婚。
• She was [ became] betrothed to Mr. Jones.
  她已和琼斯先生订婚。
• In the meantime, Chao's parents betrothed him to a girl of fourteen, whom he dutifully married.
  这时，父母给他找了一个十四岁的媳妇，他便尽义务似地结了婚。
• She was betrothed against her will to my dear friend.
  她被违背她的意愿地许配给我的挚友。
• Paul also tells us that he has betrothed the believers to one husband, Christ.
  保罗又告诉我们，他将信徒许配给一个丈夫-基督。
• He betrothed his daughter to Mr. Smith.
  他把他的女儿许配给史密斯先生。
• She is betrothed to a son of the Li family.
  她已跟李家的儿子定亲。
• Her father betrothed her to a banker.
  她父亲把她许配给一位银行家。
• Doran Martell had betrothed her to his son in the belief that she was Robert's blood.
  毕竟道朗马泰尔当她是劳勃的血脉，才给她和自己的儿子订了婚。
• Betrothed, or not betrothed, she was equally far from me.
  已经订婚也罢，不曾订婚也罢，反正她对我都是高不可攀的啊。