wedlock
英 [ˈwedlɒk]
美 [ˈwedlɑːk]
n. 婚姻; 已婚状态
复数：wedlocks
BNC.32861 / COCA.17039
同义词辨析
weddingmarriagewedlock【导航词义：结婚】
weddingn. 结婚庆典，婚礼
〔辨析〕
普通用词，指结婚的仪式以及相关的婚庆活动，尤指包含宗教仪式的婚礼。
〔例证〕
They decided to delay their wedding until August.
他们决定把婚礼推迟到8月。
It will be a small church wedding.
那将是一次小型的教堂式婚礼。
A lot of streets are flagged to celebrate the royal wedding.
许多大街上挂起了旗子以庆祝皇室婚礼。
他们决定把婚礼推迟到8月。
It will be a small church wedding.
那将是一次小型的教堂式婚礼。
A lot of streets are flagged to celebrate the royal wedding.
许多大街上挂起了旗子以庆祝皇室婚礼。
marriagen. 婚姻；婚礼
〔辨析〕
主要指婚姻关系及已婚状态，也可指结婚仪式。
〔例证〕
Marriage is not something to be undertaken lightly.
婚姻大事不可掉以轻心。
Their marriage finally fell apart.
他们的婚姻最终破裂了。
Her third marriage was held in St John's Church.
她的第三次婚礼是在圣约翰教堂举行的。
婚姻大事不可掉以轻心。
Their marriage finally fell apart.
他们的婚姻最终破裂了。
Her third marriage was held in St John's Church.
她的第三次婚礼是在圣约翰教堂举行的。
wedlockn. 〈旧〉已婚状态
〔辨析〕
强调已经结婚的状态。
〔例证〕
He was born in/out of wedlock.
他是婚生子/非婚生子。
Wedlock is a padlock.
婚姻是一种枷锁。
他是婚生子/非婚生子。
Wedlock is a padlock.
婚姻是一种枷锁。
牛津词典
noun
- 婚姻；已婚状态
the state of being married- children born in/out of wedlock (= whose parents are/are not married)
婚生 / 非婚生子女
- children born in/out of wedlock (= whose parents are/are not married)
柯林斯词典
- 已婚（状态）
Wedlockis the state of being married. - （指孩子）婚生的/非婚生的
If a baby is bornin wedlock, it is born while its parents are married. If it is bornout of wedlock, it is born at a time when its parents are not married.
英英释义
noun
- the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
- a long and happy marriage
- God bless this union
双语例句
- Planned parenthood in wedlock by the use of contraceptive devices cannot constitutionally be forbidden.
婚姻生活中使用避孕措施进行计划生育不应在宪法上受到禁止。 - Progressives hope and traditionalists fear that the Supreme Court will find a federal right to same-sex wedlock.
进步主义者希望而传统主义者害怕，最高法院在全联邦赋予人民同性婚姻的权利。 - Chinese family planning agencies punish any contravention of the one-child policy, including birth out of wedlock.
中国计划生育机构对违反一个孩子政策，包括非婚生育的行为是要进行处罚的。 - As Alain Enthoven of Stanford University puts it, this gives new meaning to the word "wedlock".
照斯坦福大学教授阿莱恩。恩索文所言：“已婚”可真的成了“倚婚”了。 - There is a strong correlation between the rate of birth and the number of babies born out of wedlock.
出生率和非婚生孩子之间存在很强的相关性。 - In "the descent of man", he referred to studies showing that among children born out of wedlock there were more girls than boys.
他在《人类起源》中提到过一些研究，显示非婚生子女中女孩多于男孩。 - All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.
一切儿童，无论婚生或非婚生，都应享受同样的社会保护。 - Death's single privacy, The only one forestalling mine, And that by right that he Presents a claim invisible, No wedlock granted me.
死亡惟一的秘密，阻止我拥有自己的隐私，凭借自己的权利他提出一个无形的要求，我无权享受的婚姻生活。 - They all say that the singer had a daughter out of wedlock with a football player.
大家都在谣传说这个歌手和那个足球运动员有一个私生女。 - Children born out of wedlock enjoy the same right of inheritance as children born in lawful wedlock.
非婚生子女享有与婚生子女同等的继承权。