陳國詩的英文分享平台

這個單元要說的是結婚、離婚與訂婚的說法：

A. marry

1. A和B結婚要說A married B或A was (got) to B。被動時這個介系詞to要特別注意。另外，marry可接受詞，也可以不接。

•John married/ was married to/ got married to Mary.

•John married Mary.

•John was married to/ got married to Mary.

•John will marry Mary or nobody. （John非Mary莫娶）

•Mary will marry John or nobody. （Mary非John莫嫁）

•John married late in life. （John晚年才結婚）

•John never married. （John終身未婚）

2. marry還有兩個意思：一是「為…主持婚禮」，二是「把…嫁人」或「為…娶妻」。

•A former teacher married John and Mary.

•John's father married him to Mary.

•Mary's mother married her to John.

B. divorce

1. 和marry一樣，divorce可以用主動與被動，但用被動時的句型是be/ get divorced from。同樣的，它也可以不接受詞。此外，divorce也用來指第三者使夫妻離婚。

•Mary divorced/ was divorced from/ got divorced from John.

•Mary and John divorced (each other) last month.

•The court divorced Mary and John.

2. 動詞之外，divorce也用作名詞。

•Some religions do not allow divorce.

•Mary obtained a divorce after years of domestic violence.

•It is much easier to get a divorce than it used to be.

「訂婚」要以be engaged的方式表達，其後可接介系詞to。

•John and Mary are engaged.

•John is engaged to Mary.

注：「一對怨偶」叫an ill-assorted couple；「一對佳偶」稱a well-assorted couple。