| 单词 | to marry well |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto marry well e. intransitive. to marry well: to have or make a successful marriage in terms of social status, material gain, or compatibility. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > a marriage > [verb (intransitive)] > have a successful marriage to marry well1811 1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 74 He's marry'd, as well as his Brother Warrants.] 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility I. iv. 49 Mrs. Ferrars's resolution that both her sons should marry well . View more context for this quotation 1871 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch (1872) I. i. iv. 61 I wish you to marry well; and I have good reason to believe that Chettam wishes to marry you. 1904 H. O. Sturgis Belchamber i. 10 They both married, and married what is called ‘well’, while many of their fairer..sisters were left ungathered on the stem. 1923 R. Macaulay Told by Idiot i. xiii. 50 What chances does a girl want, except to marry well? 1997 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 30 Mar. 15/2 Celia has now moved to Italy, married well, dropped 75 pounds and opened a cooking school in a glorious Tuscan farmhouse. < as lemmas |
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