1. marry用作不及物动词
He never married. (他终身未娶)
They married a month after they met. (他们相识一个月后就结婚了)
He promised his mother on her death bed that he would never marry. (他向垂危的母亲保证他绝不结婚)
The majority of British women adopt their husband's surname when they marry. (大多数英国女性结婚后随夫姓)
2. 用作及物动词,用于【marry+名词】结构,有4个词义
1) (和某人)结婚;嫁;娶,如She married a German.(她嫁给了一个德国人)// In July 1957, we were married in New York.(我们于1957年7月在纽约举行了婚礼)
2) 为…主持婚礼;操办婚礼,例如They were married by the local priest. 本地牧师为他们主持了婚礼。// The local vicar has agreed to marry us in the chapel on the estate.(当地的牧师已经同意在庄园的小教堂里为我们主持婚礼)
3) 把…嫁给;为…娶亲,后面一般接用介词to,例如He married his three daughters to princes of the ruling house. (他把三个女儿都嫁给了王室的王子)// He married his son to a rich woman.(他让他儿子和一个有钱女人结了婚) // My father's trying to marry me (off) to his accountant's daughter. 我父亲想让我娶他会计的女儿。
4) (使不同的事物、观点等)相结合,结合在一起,例如The music business marries art and commerce.(音乐行当将艺术和商业结合在一起)
3. marry+形容词
Phoebe married young and raised nine children. 菲比结婚很早,生养了9个孩子。
marry后面接用形容词,表示主语结婚时所处的状态。例如,后面用young时,表示结婚时很年轻。
两个值得学习的习语:
marry in haste, repent at leisure 草率结婚,后悔终生
marry money (非正式用法)同有钱人结婚
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