| 单词 | marriage market |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmarriage market marriage market n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > seeking marriage > [noun] > marriage market marriage mart1823 marriage market1842 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xlix. 362 He could console himself with having buttered his crumbs pretty well in the marriage-market. 1875 Chambers's Jrnl. No. 133. 54 Lord Hardwicke's Act caused quite a flutter in the marriage-market. 1971 R. Russell tr. A. Ahmad Shore & Wave iv. 45 The oldest, it was true, was married to a prosperous consultant engineer, but the other two were still in the marriage market. 1991 J. Barth Last Voy. Somebody the Sailor 248 The girl's value in the marriage market is..so much lowered that he will likely be obliged to sell her off to a white-slaver. 2002 N. D. Glenn in A. J. Hawkins et al. Revitalizing Instit. Marriage iv. 47 Initial screening on the marriage market occurs on the basis of apparent desirability. < as lemmas |
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