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
- 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。 - 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。 - Children born within or outside of wedlock;
婚生子女和非婚生子女； - He had joined in wedlock a tender, sympathetic girl, just as pretty as the one he adored.
他得到一个能够体贴他的温柔的姑娘，她的相貌也并不比他那个表妹的差。 - 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。 - 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。 - As the married couple can't have children, they have adopted a child born out of wedlock.
由于这对已婚夫妇无法生育，他们领养了一个私生子。 - I had him out of wedlock, so I am single.
他是我的私生子，所以我还是单身。 - It went without saying that her aunt would immediately disown her if she fell pregnant out of wedlock.
不用说，她如果未婚怀孕，她姨妈就会立刻否认和她的关系的。