中英之鑒 中式英語之鑒241

[正] He married the daughter of a millionaire.

注：英文 marry 一字通常是用作及物動詞的，共有三個意思。

(1)結(jié)婚，包括娶和嫁，例如 He is going to marry Miss Wong.(他將娶王小姐為妻。)

She married an Englishman.(她嫁給一個英國人。)

May cousins marry each other?(表兄弟可以結(jié)婚嗎?)

(2)遣嫁，娶媳，例如 He married his daughter to a rich man.(他把女兒嫁給一個富翁。)

He married his son to an architect\'s daughter.(他替兒子討了一個建筑師的女兒做老婆。)

(3)主婚，例如 The priest is going to marry them.(牧師將為他們主婚。)如用 passive voice 是表示已結(jié)了婚的那種狀態(tài)，如 Tom and Alice have been married four years.(湯姆和艾麗絲已結(jié)婚四年了。)

They got married soon after that.(那以后他們隨即就結(jié)婚了。)