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marriage

Word family 
mar·riage /ˈmærɪdʒ/ ●●● S2 W2 noun  
1  [countableC, uncountableU]MARRY the relationship between two people who are married, or the state of being married 婚姻；已婚状态
 She has three daughters from a previous marriage.
她前一次婚姻生了三个女儿。
marriage to
 his marriage to Marilyn Monroe
他和玛丽莲•梦露的婚姻
marriage between
 In Denmark they have legalized marriage between gay couples.
丹麦已经将同性婚姻合法化。
 Register
In everyday English, when talking about the action of marrying, people usually use the expression get married rather than marriage: 在日常英语中，表示结婚一般用短语get married，而不用marriage
I think they’re too young for marriage. → I think they’re too young to get married. 我认为他们还太年轻，不适合结婚。
2  [countableC]MARRY the ceremony in which two people get married 结婚仪式，婚礼 SYN wedding
 The marriage took place at St Bartholomew’s Church.
婚礼是在圣巴托罗缪教堂举行的。
3  by marriage SSFFAMILYif you are related to someone by marriage, they are married to someone in your family, or you are married to someone in theirs 通过姻亲关系，由于婚姻
 her cousin by marriage
她的姻亲表兄
Examples from the Corpus
by marriage• John's my cousin by marriage.
 COLLOCATIONS
adjectives
a happy/unhappy marriage 美满的/不美满的婚姻
Ours was a very happy marriage.
我们的婚姻非常美满。
a successful marriage 成功的婚姻
The key to a successful marriage is friendship.
成功婚姻的关键是友爱。
a failed/broken marriage 失败的/破裂的婚姻
After two failed marriages, she was not willing to risk marrying again.
经历过两次失败的婚姻后，她不愿冒险再婚。
somebody’s first/second etc marriage 某人的第一次/第二次等婚姻
She had two children from her first marriage.
她第一次婚姻生了两个孩子。
a previous marriage 前一次婚姻
nAnne is his daughter from a previous marriage.
an arranged marriage (=when your parents choose the person you will marry) 包办婚姻
nIn their culture, there is a tradition of arranged marriage.
a same-sex/gay marriage (=a marriage between two homosexual people, which is not legal in many places) 同性婚姻
na proposal to allow same-sex marriage in the state
na mixed marriage (=between people of different races or religions)
Her parents disapproved of mixed marriages.
nan interracial marriage (=between people of different races)
Interracial marriage is more common than it used to be.
na loveless marriage
Why should I stay in a loveless marriage?
na childless marriage
It was a happy but childless marriage.
verbs
have a long/happy etc marriage 婚姻长久/美满等
They have a happy marriage.
他们婚姻美满。
a marriage ends 婚姻结束
Her three marriages all ended in divorce.
她的三次婚姻均以离婚告终。
a marriage breaks down/up (=ends because of disagreements) 婚姻破裂
Liz’s marriage broke up after only eight months.
仅仅八个月后利兹的婚姻就破裂了。
save your marriage (=do things to try to stay together as a married couple) 挽救自己的婚姻
nThey’re going to counseling to try to save their marriage.
npropose marriage formal (=ask someone to marry you)
He plucked up the courage to propose marriage to her.
consummate a marriage formal (=make your marriage complete by having sex) 圆房
nShe claimed that he abused her and never consummated the marriage.
na marriage is annulled formal (=is officially ended by a court or church)
Henry VIII had his first marriage annulled.
phrases
the breakdown/breakup of somebody’s marriage (=the end of it) 某人婚姻的破裂
The breakup of her marriage had a devastating effect on her.
婚姻的破裂对她造成了毁灭性影响。
a proposal of marriage formal (=when someone asks you to marry them) 求婚
She rejected his proposal of marriage.
她拒绝了他的求婚。
be born outside marriage (=be born when your parents are not married) 非婚所生，私生
nFour in ten children are born outside marriage.
sex before/outside marriage 婚前/婚外性行为
nHer religious beliefs prevented sex before marriage.
ask for somebody’s hand in marriage old-fashioned (=ask someone to marry you, or ask their parents for permission to marry) 向某人求婚；请求某人的父母同意婚事
nHe asked my father for my hand in marriage.
nthe sanctity of marriage formal (=marriage seen as something that is very important and must be preserved and respected)
COMMON ERRORSDon’t say ‘marriage life’. Say married life.
不要说 ‘marriage life’。 而要说 married life。
Examples from the Corpus
marriage• She said she loved him, they said they loved him, but somehow nobody would fix a date for a marriage.• And entering upon a marriage calls for human decision.• Over a third of all marriages now end in divorce.• City Hall keeps a record of all the births, deaths and marriages in the county.• Many people still disapprove of sex before marriage.• After a disastrous first marriage to a young soldier, Kylie didn't feel like rushing into another relationship.• My first marriage, to Mandy, went wrong because we married too young.• My folks have had a long and happy marriage.• And she watched from the sidelines as his marriage dissolved and became scandal fodder.• It is remarkable that we have survived 43 years of marriage in such conflict.• We had to bring our marriage certificate to prove that we are married.• She already has two children from a previous marriage.• What's the secret of a successful marriage?• She imagines that marriage to such a man would offer mental enrichment and the opportunity for good works.• Did the marriage take place in wartime?• The marriage took place without the bride's parents' consent.• The marriage took place at Bethel Lutheran church.• Their marriage ended in divorce in 1995.• Do you think marriage is still important to young people?• One in three marriages ends in divorce.
Origin marriage
(1200-1300) French mariage, from marier; → MARRY
mar·riage noun →REGISTER1 →COLLOCATIONS1
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