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这还真怨不了英汉辞典,你看Webster's New World College Dictionary:
1. old enough to get married;
2.suitable for marriage
瞧瞧,一一对应,不要太忠实。
那么更近一步,请看Random House Webster's College Dictionary:
suitable, as in age, for marriage
这条释义点出了marriageble重点在年龄,也就是咱们所说的“适婚年龄”,《建宏E世代英汉辞典》就是这么翻的嘛!
再看Collins Cobuild English Dictionary(第二版):
If you describe someone as marriageable, especially that they are the right age to marry; an old fashioned word.
这个解释再清楚没有。 |
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