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这里为大家介绍下dowry 是什么意思，希望能帮助到各位朋友。

名词复数:dowries

中英文翻译

n.

1.嫁妆，嫁资。

2.天赋，天禀，才能。

3.〔古语〕寡妇(继承亡夫的一份)产业。

4.〔古语〕(丈夫给新娘的)财礼。

money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

同义词：dowery, dower, portion,

A dowry is the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to a marriage.Dowry ? Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary (A dowry consisting mainly of linen and clothing, or the contents of a hope chest is called a trousseau.

例句与用法

1.He answered that he would give her twenty thousand crowns for her dowry and half his estate at his death .

他答应说，他准备给她两万克郎作为陪嫁，她死的时候再分给她一半田产。

2.They prayed for a mere girl, thinking a large dowry would buy the daughter a husband from a poor family who would take their clan name .

他们祈祷只生一个女儿，他们想，有一大笔陪嫁，就可以招一个穷人家的孩子入赘，由他来继承他们家族的姓氏。

3.Assure your good people that the dowry will be appropriate

和你家人讲准备好嫁妆

4.The dowry of my wife was very little in that age

那个年代，我妻子的嫁妆很少。

5.Sometimes , dowries are paid to the women " s families

有的时候会付嫁妆给女方的家人。

6.The bride brought many dowries to her husband

新娘带着很多嫁妆给她丈夫。

7.There " ll be money enough spare yofor ur dowry

那就会有钱给你买嫁妆了

8.But he said we would have to ask for dowry

可是他还说，我们得要嫁妆

9.Because we can " t afford to give them all decent dowries

因为我们也负担不了他们那么多的嫁妆

10.Because we can " t afford to give them all decent dowries

因为我们也负担不了他们那么多的嫁妆

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