marrying
present participle ofmarry
| 单词 | marrying |
| 释义 | marrying present participle ofmarry marry verb uk/ˈmær.i/us/ˈmer.i//ˈmær.i/marryverb(TWO PEOPLE)B1[IorT] tobecomethelegallyacceptedhusbandorwifeof someone in anofficialorreligiousceremony: Mentendto marrylaterthan women. Paul married Lucy fouryearsago. They don't have anyplansto marry atpresent. [T] toperformtheceremonyofmarriageas apriestorofficial: Theroyalcouplewere married by the Archbishop of Canterbury .
Marriage, cohabitation & other relationships
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Weddings marryverb(COMBINE)tocombinetwo differentqualities: adesignwhich marriesfunwithfunction Connecting and combining
GrammarMarryanddivorce We usually use marry and divorce with an object:…Idiomsmarry beneathyou marry in haste, repent at leisure not be the marrying kind Phrasal verbsmarrysomeoneoff marry up (something) Examplesofmarryingmarrying In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Given this problem, we do not feel confident making any claims about the historical trends in proportions of foundlingsmarrying. From theCambridge English Corpus Her father's prohibiting any of his children frommarryingmay be seen as his wish not to have heirs of mixed blood. From theCambridge English Corpus It would be too much of a coincidence if these differences in detail reflected different modes ofmarrying. From theCambridge English Corpus We limit our own autonomy every time we make a promise or enter into a contract, for example, bymarrying. From theCambridge English Corpus Broadly speaking, it meantmarryingsupply to demand without the use of the price mechanism. From theCambridge English Corpus It demonstrates that in all populations the chances of a woman'smarryingby age thirty was strongly influenced by her sibling position. From theCambridge English Corpus He replied that he had not been thinking ofmarryingat all until he met her and was therefore prepared to wait. From theCambridge English Corpus Marryingwould be all right if it was the way they do it in the pictures, but real life isn't like that. From theCambridge English Corpus We think that there may be benefit inmarryingstatic analysis with dynamic sequential profiling information at compile time. From theCambridge English Corpus Together with the move whenmarrying, this means that three or four moves were due to advancement within the social hierarchy that characterized rural life. From theCambridge English Corpus The higher the educational level of a woman of a particular age, the lower her chance ofmarryinginto a polygynous union. From theCambridge English Corpus In six cases patients changed their minds because there unexpectedly appeared to be some hope of eventuallymarryingthe father of the baby. From theCambridge English Corpus Chances ofmarrying, having children, forming a new household, and dying were all affected by a person's relationship to the head of the household. From theCambridge English Corpus This loss is compounded through the traditional taboo againstmarryinga husband within the same village (village endogamy). From theCambridge English Corpus The inconsistency in the author's argument usefully serves to highlight a weakness which could support the position of those nevermarrying. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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