engagement to marry

engagement to marry 基本解释

[法] 婚约

engagement to marry 用法和例句

1、We felicitated John on his engagement to marry.

我们祝贺约翰订婚。

2、She ordered the wretched boy to give up his engagement to marry Miss Costigan.

她命令那个没出息的孩子取消与科斯蒂根小姐的婚约。

重点词汇

engagement n. 订婚，婚约；约会；约定，契约；雇用

marry vt.& vi. （使）结婚；娶；嫁；结合 vt. 为…主持婚礼