词汇精选：marriage的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

n.

结婚；婚姻；婚姻生活 [U,C]

例句：

Marriage is the bloom or blight of all men's happiness.

结婚是人生的幸福花朵开放的时候，也可能是凋谢的时候。

例句：

She has a great perspective on marriage.

关于婚姻生活，她的观点确实非常有意义。

结婚仪式，婚礼 [C]

例句：

They were joined in marriage by a local minister.

他们由当地的牧师主持仪式结婚。

例句：

My sister's marriage took place at ten o' clock today.

我姐姐的婚礼今天10点举行。

紧密结合 [C]

例句：

The marriage of words and melody in that song was unusually effective.

那首歌里词与曲配合合谐，产生了非同凡响的效果。

二、词义辨析：

wedding,marriage

这两个名词均含“结婚”之意。wedding普通用词，指婚礼上的结婚仪式以及随之而来的庆祝活动。marriage普通用词，含义广，指婚烟关系及婚后生活，也可指结婚仪式。

三、相关短语：

civil marriage

n.(西方国家中不采用宗教仪式的)世俗结婚,公证结婚

marriage licence

n. 结婚登记证

marriage license

结婚证

marriage settlement

夫妇财产契约，夫妻财产契约

common-law marriage

n. 习惯法婚姻(未举行任何仪式而自称夫妇者,在美国有些州承认这种婚姻)

marriage contract

(婚前预定财产权、继承权等的)结婚契约

marriage of convenience

phr. 基于利害关系的婚姻，权宜结婚，形式婚姻

mixed marriage

混合婚姻, 杂婚, 异族通婚

open marriage

开放婚姻

dissolution of marriage

【法】 婚姻的终止, 解除婚姻关系

marriage broker

【法】 婚姻介绍人, 媒人

marriage ceremony

【法】 结婚仪式

四、参考例句：

Their marriage broke up.

他们的婚姻破裂了。

Marriage has domesticated him.

结婚使他习惯于家庭生活。

Their marriage was dissolved.

他们的婚姻解体了。

Marriage had not mellowed him.

婚姻并没有让他成熟起来。

Paola's marriage broke down.

葆拉的婚姻破裂了。

Their marriage ended in divorce.

他们的婚姻以离婚收场。

This is his second marriage.

这是他第二次结婚。

Hasty marriage seldom proves well.

美好良缘鲜有能仓促而成。

She likens marriage to slavery.

她把婚姻比作奴役。

Their marriage was quite accidental.

他们的结合是偶然的。