marry,意为“结婚;嫁;娶;和……结婚”。它既可以做及物动词,又可以做不及物动词。常见用法如下:
(1)A marry B “A与B结婚”或“A娶了/嫁给B”
He married a pretty girl.
他娶了一个漂亮的女孩。
She married a doctor.
她嫁给了一个医生。
(2)marry A to B “让A嫁给/娶了B”
He married his son to a rich lady.
他让他儿子娶了一个富婆。
She married her daughter to a businessman.
她把女儿嫁给了一位商人。
(3)和某人结婚的几种表达:
A marry B =A and B be/get married=A be/get married to B.
Tom married Mary last week.=
Tom and Mary were /got married last week.=
Tom was /got married to Mary last week.
Tom和Mary上周结婚了。
『注意』:和某人结婚不能用with, 要用to, 也可以什么也不用。
(4)marry与get married都是非延续性动词,对应的延续性动词是:be married
They (got)married ten years ago.=
They have been married for ten years.
(5)问现在的婚姻状况:
Is he married/single?/Has he been marriec?
Let's have a try.
便于记忆marry用法的相关对话
A: 她结婚了吗?
B: 结了。她很早就结婚了。
A: 何时结的?
B: 1993年。也就是说,她结婚13年了。
A: 嫁给谁了?
B: 嫁给汤姆了。是她父母做得主,是她老师主的婚。
参考答案:
A: Is she married?
B: Yes, she is. She married very early.
A: When did she get married?
B: She got married in 1993. That is, she has been married for 13 years.
A: Who married her?
B: Tom did. It was her parents who married her to Tom and it was her teacher who married them.
谢谢!