marry的用法
marry 既可用作及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作不及物動(dòng)詞,意為“結(jié)婚、嫁、娶、與……結(jié)婚”等。常見用法如下:
一、be / get married (to sb.) 表示“與某人結(jié)婚”。如:
Kate was married to a doctor last month. 上個(gè)月凱特和一位醫(yī)生結(jié)了婚。
When did he get married? 他什么時(shí)候結(jié)婚的?
He was married to my younger sister. 他同我妹妹結(jié)了婚。
Susan and Mike got married last year. 蘇珊和邁克去年結(jié)了婚。
Hanks and Nancy will soon get married. 漢克斯和南??煲Y(jié)婚了。
She got married to a teacher. 她和一位教師結(jié)了婚。
二、marry sb. 表示“嫁給某人、與某人結(jié)婚”。如:
Mr White is going to marry an actress. 懷特先生將同一個(gè)女演員結(jié)婚。
George married a girl for her beauty. 喬治娶了一位姑娘,因?yàn)樗L(zhǎng)得漂亮。
He wanted to marry Helen, but she married someone else. 他想娶海倫,但是她嫁給了別人。
Will you marry him? 你愿意嫁給他嗎?
三、marry sb. to sb. 表示“(父母把女兒)嫁給某人”或“(父母為兒子)娶媳婦”。如:
She married her daughter to a businessman. 她把女兒嫁給了一位商人。
She married her son to a rich woman. 她為兒子娶了個(gè)有錢的女人。
四、marry用作不及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),往往用副詞或介詞短語來修飾。如:
His uncle didn't marry until forty. 他的叔叔直到40歲才結(jié)婚。
She married when she was twenty years old. 她20歲時(shí)結(jié)了婚。
She married early / late in life. 她結(jié)婚很早 / 很晚。
Marry in haste and repent at leisure. (諺語)草率結(jié)婚后悔多。
五、marry一般不與介詞with連用。如:
她和一位英國人結(jié)了婚。
【誤】 She married with an Englishman.
【正】 She married an Englishman.
【正】 She was / got married to an Englishman.
六、若問某人是否已結(jié)婚,而不涉及結(jié)婚對(duì)象,用be / get married的形式,相當(dāng)于系表結(jié)構(gòu)。如:
你結(jié)婚了嗎?
【誤】 Do you marry? / Have you married?
【正】 Are you married? / Have you got married?
【特別提示一】 在西方國家,一般不要問別人的婚姻狀況,這是個(gè)人隱私。因此最好不要隨便問“Are you married? / How many children do you have?”之類的問題。當(dāng)不知女士是Miss還是Mrs時(shí),請(qǐng)用Ms稱呼。
【特別提示二】 一個(gè)名叫Mary Smith的女士,婚前可稱之為Miss Smith;嫁給Mr Brown后,她便改稱為Mary Brown,也可稱之為Mrs Brown。