婚約:那個承諾,和承諾的對象
兩個用法其實是同一件事的兩面:一面看的是狀態,一面看的是人。
adjective · C2
Having promised to marry someone. The promise is made before any wedding, and other people usually know about it, so it is treated as a serious public agreement.
已有婚約的
A promise spoken out loud before the wedding: two people have said they will marry, other people have heard it, and from that moment the pair are held to it.
betrothed is betroth plus -ed: the state that is left standing after the promise to marry has been made.
betrothed 是動詞 betroth 加上 -ed。betroth 就是「立下婚約」,-ed 把那個動作凝成一個狀態。所以它指的不是求婚的那一刻,而是承諾成立之後、婚禮還沒到的那一段時間。
Wiktionary, packet evidence kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1222093857 — From Middle English, equivalent to betroth + -ed.
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婚約:那個承諾,和承諾的對象
兩個用法其實是同一件事的兩面:一面看的是狀態,一面看的是人。
adjective · C2
Having promised to marry someone. The promise is made before any wedding, and other people usually know about it, so it is treated as a serious public agreement.
已有婚約的
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
betrothedadj/bɪˈtɹəʊðd/
Engaged to be married.
betrothednoun/bɪˈtɹəʊðd/
One who is betrothed, i.e. a fiancé or fiancée.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。