| 单词 | matrimony |
| 释义 | matrimony noun[U] formaluk/ˈmæt.rɪ.mə.ni/us/ˈmæt.rə.moʊ.ni/thestateof beingmarried 婚姻；婚姻生活Synonyms marriage(TWO PEOPLE) wedlockold-fashionedorhumorous Compare nuptialsformal wedding Marriage, cohabitation & other relationships
matrimony| American Dictionarymatrimony noun[U] fmlus/ˈmæ·trəˌmoʊ·ni/thestateof beingmarried: thebondsof matrimony matrimonialadjective[not gradable]us/ˌmæ·trəˈmoʊ·ni·əl/ matrimonialadvice Examplesofmatrimonymatrimony Officially, ecclesiasticalmatrimonyhad thus replaced secular, private, and clandestine marriage. From theCambridge English Corpus An institution that survives, such asmatrimony, responds surely even if stubbornly to cultural change. From theCambridge English Corpus The ilmuhaber is never fully transcribed, but the record invariably tells us that it guaranteed that the bride had no legal impediment tomatrimony. From theCambridge English Corpus In a discussion, for example, of the words "patrimony" and "matrimony," she shows not only gender distinctions but how the words apply to different worlds. From theCambridge English Corpus Essential to this project was the need to form a modernist culture that laudedmatrimony, domesticity, and motherhood. From theCambridge English Corpus No matter how much the clergy might try to control marriage, people looked uponmatrimonyas their own personal affair. From theCambridge English Corpus One possible explanation for the latter finding is that men and women who drink heavily prior to marriage may reduce their drinking subsequent tomatrimony. From theCambridge English Corpus In tackling this matter, one has to ask what kind of control a manorial lord could or would want to exercise over the matters ofmatrimonyof his social inferiors. From theCambridge English Corpus And while there was certainly a postwar rush intomatrimony, there are strong arguments that the dynamics of marriage in the 1920s were significantly different from those of the 1900s. From theCambridge English Corpus They assert resistance to thoughts ofmatrimony. From theCambridge English Corpus On the other, young men of similar social status were discouraged frommatrimonyso as to prevent the fragmentation of the patrimony which would ensue from a proliferation of heirs. From theCambridge English Corpus As other scholars have argued, the rise of the novel as a literary genre contributed to the development of bourgeois norms of courtship,matrimony, and child-rearing. From theCambridge English Corpus Matrimonyrefers to marriage, not to inherited property; whereas patrimony refers not to gender but to property which the man will inherit from the father or uncle. From theCambridge English Corpus They regarded themselves and their bodies as joined together in holymatrimonyand that is why this is a serious debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not intend to say one word to weaken the bonds ofmatrimony. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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