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affiance是什么意思

affiance

英 [ə'faɪəns] 美 [ə'faɪəns]
  • vt. 使订婚
  • n. 婚约;信托

英文词源


affiance (v.)
1520s, "to promise," from Old French afiancier "to pledge, promise, give one's word," from afiance (n.) "confidence, trust," from afier "to trust," from Late Latin affidare, from ad- "to" (see ad-) + fidare "to trust," from fidus "faithful" from the same root as fides "faith" (see faith). From mid-16c. especially "to promise in marriage." Related: Affianced; affiancing.

双语例句


1. The two families struck an affiance, and kept a record.
他们俩家定下了婚约, 立此存照.

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2. Affiance is a contract in essence.
婚约性质从本质上说应属一种契约.

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