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单词 marry
释义
marry
(mæri )
Word forms: marries , marrying , married
1. verb B1
When two people get married or marry, they legally become partners in a special ceremony. Get married is less formal and more commonly used than marry.
I thought he would change after we got married. [get VERB-ed]
They married a month after they met. [VERB]
He wants to marry her. [VERB noun]
He got married to wife Beryl when he was 19. [get V-ed + to]
I am getting married on Monday. [get VERB-ed]
She ought to marry again, don't you think? [VERB]
Synonyms: tie the knot [informal], wed, take the plunge [informal], walk down the aisle [informal]  
2. verb
When a priest or official marries two people, he or she conducts the ceremony in which the two people legally become partners.
The local vicar has agreed to marry us in the chapel on the estate. [VERB noun]
In July 1957, we were married in New York. [VERB noun]
3. verb
If a parent marries their child to someone, the parent chooses who their child will marry and arranges it.
Phrasal verbs:
marry off
phrasal verb
If you marry someone off, you find a suitable person for them to marry.
He had tried to marry off his grandsons to three royal princesses. [V P n (not pron) to n]
Mrs Bennet's comic determination to marry off her five daughters [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
Quotations:
Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure:
Marry'd in haste, we may repent at leisure
William CongreveThe Old Bachelor
Never marry for money, but marry where money is
Collocations:
marry secretly
Perhaps your reason for wanting to marry secretly was because you know how your family can react.
The Sun
They fall in love and marry secretly, knowing their prejudiced families will oppose their marriage.
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They decide to marry secretly the next day.
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The pair married secretly in 2016 after five years together but only confirmed it a year later.
The Sun
They married secretly, before her period of official mourning was over.
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Translations:
Chinese: 嫁娶
Japanese: 結婚する
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