bride-price
基本解释
- n.聘金; 聘礼; 彩礼
英汉例句
- If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall pay the "bride price" and marry her.
假使有人引诱没有订婚的处女，而与她同睡，应出聘礼，聘她为妻。 - On the basis of fieldwork in Shanjiaji, a Hui village in southern Ningxia Autonomous Region, this paper analyzes the bride price and marriage circle of the rural Huis.
本文以作者在宁夏南部一个回族聚居村单家集所开展的调查为基础,对乡村回族婚姻中的聘礼和通婚圈进行了初步分析。 - The author argues that if we study the bride price carefully and notice the interaction between the bride price and the dowry, we will discover severaleconomic implications of the gifts.
作者认为,如果在研究聘礼的同时留意它与嫁妆之间的互动关系,就会发现其中包含着补偿、互惠和财产转移等多重经济意义。 - A widow married again, she asked a lot of bride price, and advised her on the matchmaker said: "The first marriage and do not remarry, who would like a such a high bride price to marry a second-hand?
有一个寡妇要再出嫁了，她要求有很多聘金，媒婆就劝她说：“再嫁和初婚不一样，谁愿出这么高的聘金去娶个二手货呢？” - It also appears to have caused a sharp spike in bride prices and betrothal gifts.The higher prices are even found in big cities such as Tianjin.
而竞争似乎还引发了彩礼和聘礼金额的大幅攀升，甚至在天津这样的大城市也出现了礼金价码升高的情况。
词组短语
- give bride -price 旧时称男家向女家致送定婚财礼
- A Fair Bride -price 合理的聘礼
- betrothal gifts bride -price 见“财礼
短语
英英字典
- (in some societies) money, property, or services given by a bridegroom to the kinsmen of his bride in order to establish his rights over the woman
柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 彩礼