恒星口语讲堂:"逼婚"用英语怎么说?
2010-06-01来源:和谐英语
和二十年,甚至十年前相比,我们的社会都改变了很多。生活节奏越来越快,享受生活却越来越难;赚的钱多了,物价涨得却比工资还快;世界越来越小,找位合意的伴侣却越来越难;拍拖好像越来越容易,结婚却越来越难。于是就有众多大龄男女青年们被家长赶着去相亲、结婚;也有相恋多年的情人之间上演“逼婚”这场戏。
不管是被情人逼婚还是被家长逼婚,总是有点不大情愿,需要武力来迫使某人就范,这样的婚姻就是 forced marriage,也就是被逼成婚啦。那要表示“强迫某人和谁结婚”怎么说呢?可以用force someone to marry someone,例如:
My cousin was forced to marry a girl he doesn't love.
我表哥被迫与一个他不爱的女孩结了婚。
My girlfriend force me to marry her within one month.
我女朋友逼我一个月内跟她结婚。
曾经看过一条消息,说一个阿拉伯人被父母逼着结了四次婚,原文是这样写的:A Saudi man is in hospital after his divorced parents forced him to marry four times within six months. (就算可怜天下父母心,这样做是不是也太过分了?)这里的marry 是用做不及物动词,表示“结婚”,比如 They married in their twenties.
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