【句子】I read in the paper that you're engaged to George Williams.【Desperate Housewives S2E8】
【发音】/aɪ/ /red/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /ˈpeɪ.pə(r)/ /ðæt/ /jə(r)/ /ɪnˈgeɪdʒd/ /tʊ/ /dʒɔː(r)dʒ/ /ˈwɪljəmz/
【发音技巧】read in连读;engaged to失去爆破;
【翻译】我在报纸上看到你和乔治·威廉姆斯订婚了。
【适用场合】
今天我们来学习一下英文中“订婚”的说法。
我们通常可以使用engaged这样的一个形容词,它可以表示“使用的;被占用的”;或者像今天视频里面一样,表达“已经订婚的”这样的意思;
When two people are engaged, they have agreed to marry each other.
你可以说A is engaged to B.“A和B订婚了”;
你也可以说They are engaged to be married. 或者They are engaged to be married to each other. “他们订婚了。”
eg: an engaged couple
一对订婚了的情侣
eg: Debbie and Chris have just got engaged.
黛比和克里斯刚刚订婚。
eg: She was engaged to some guy in her company.
她跟她公司里的一个男人订婚了。
eg: They're engaged to be married in June.
他们订婚了,将于六月完婚。
eg: When did you get engaged?
你们是什么时候订婚的?
eg: We got engaged about this time last year.
我们去年大概这个时候订婚的。
【尝试翻译以下句子,并留言在文章留言区】
She's engaged to someone she met at work.