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wedlock

英 [ˈwedlɒk]

美 [ˈwedlɑːk]

n.  婚姻; 已婚状态

复数:wedlocks 

法律

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。
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。
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。

牛津词典

    noun

    • 婚姻;已婚状态
      the state of being married
      1. children born in/out of wedlock (= whose parents are/are not married)
        婚生 / 非婚生子女

    柯林斯词典

    • 已婚(状态)
      Wedlockis the state of being married.
      1. (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

        双语例句

        • 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。
        • 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。
        • Last August, 100 couples entered into wedlock at the Grape festival inXinjiang's Turpan city.
          八月份,100对新人在新疆吐鲁番市的葡萄节上举行了婚礼。
        • This woman is a single welfare mother with two kids out of wedlock.
          她只是一个有两个孩子靠救济金生活的女人。
        • Lawyer Li Yun said women who give birth out of wedlock live under high pressure.
          李云律师说未婚生育女性生活在极大的压力之下。
        • You're having a baby out of wedlock GetWord(" wedlock");, your life is over.
          你有一个非婚生子的话,你的生活就算是完了。
        • He had joined in wedlock a tender, sympathetic girl, just as pretty as the one he adored.
          他得到一个能够体贴他的温柔的姑娘,她的相貌也并不比他那个表妹的差。
        • They laughed at her because she was born out of wedlock.
          他们嘲笑她,因为她是私生子。
        • 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。
        • The chain of wedlock is so heavy that it takes two to carry it, sometimes three.
          婚姻的锁链是这么沉重,致使要由两个人来扛,有时还要三个。