marry的意思是“和……結婚,娶,嫁”,既可以做及物動詞使用,也可以做不及物動詞使用。過去式和過去分詞married,現在分詞marrying,第三人稱單數marries,名詞形式marriage,反義詞通常使用divorce。
用法1、marry somebody=get/be married to somebody 和某人結婚(可靈活翻譯為娶、嫁)
例:Alice married Tom in September last year. = Alice was married to Tom in September last year.艾利絲和湯姆去年九月結的婚。
註意:
與某人結婚不能使用介詞with例如Tom is married with her這樣的用法是錯誤的。
用法2、marry A to B 表示父母等長輩把A許配給B或者為B娶A作媳婦。
例:Her mom didn't agree to marry her to Smith. 她媽不同意把她許配給史密斯。
註意:
用法1中的 be married to somebody可以看做是該用法的被動形式
用法3、詢問是否結婚:
例:Are you married? 妳結婚了嗎?
How long have you been married? 妳們結婚多久了?
用法4、marry用作不及物動詞時壹般與狀語聯用或者表示“自然混合”的意思。
例:They married in their thirties. 他們三十多歲結婚的。
Let the flavors marry overnight. 讓味道在壹夜之間醇和。
用法5、marry off... 將女兒嫁出或者讓兒子結婚
例:Shane is considering marrying off his daughter this year. 謝恩正在考慮讓他的女兒今年出嫁。
用法6、marry into... (通過結婚)進入...
例:She's been eager to marry into a wealthy family. 她壹直渴望嫁入豪門。
用法7、關於marry、marriage的相關俚語和諺語等:
a marriages made in heaven 姻緣天註定/比喻兩個人或兩件事物結合得非常好
例:Strawberries and cream are a marriage made in heaven.草莓和奶酪相得益彰。
Both of them are interested in sports, so it's really a marriage made in heaven. 他倆都對體育運動很感興趣,真是姻緣天註定。
marriage broker 婚姻介紹人/紅娘