wedlock
英 [ˈwedlɒk]
美 [ˈwedlɑːk]
n. 婚姻; 已婚状态
复数：wedlocks
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。
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。
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。
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- children born in/out of wedlock (= whose parents are/are not married)
婚生 / 非婚生子女
- children born in/out of wedlock (= whose parents are/are not married)
柯林斯词典
- 已婚（状态）
Wedlockis the state of being married. - （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
- the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
- a long and happy marriage
- God bless this union
双语例句
- 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。 - Their wedlock is a happy marriage.
他们的分离是美满的姻缘。 - Most of the children were born with serious deficiencies, some are suspected to be born out of wedlock.
许多儿童生来便有严重缺陷，一些可能是婚外儿。 - They all say that the singer had a daughter out of wedlock with a football player.
大家都在谣传说这个歌手和那个足球运动员有一个私生女。 - 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。 - Children born out of wedlock enjoy the same right of inheritance as children born in lawful wedlock.
非婚生子女享有与婚生子女同等的继承权。 - They laughed at her because she was born out of wedlock.
他们嘲笑她，因为她是私生子。 - 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。 - All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.
一切儿童，无论婚生或非婚生，都应享受同样的社会保护。 - 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。