英语俚语天天说 第158期:过年了,你被逼婚了吗?

 　　【讲解】：

　　Arranged marriage— 家庭包办婚姻

　　Arranged marriage is a type of marital¹ union where the bride and groom² are selected by their families rather than by each other.

　　marital[ ?m?r?tl ]婚姻的，夫妻间的

　　bride 新娘

　　groom 新郎

　　Naked marriage—裸婚

　　Naked marriage refers to a marriage without buying a car, a house, a wedding ring and even holding a wedding party; the couple just gets married at a registry office.

　　registry office 登记处

　　Flash marriage—闪婚

　　Flash Marriage is a Chinese slang for a marriage between partners who've known each other for a short time.

　　leftover³ women—剩女

　　Single, urban, educated woman over age 27

　　urban 都市的

　　被逼婚的原因—Theory of Reasoned Action,TRA behavioral intent(行为意向) is created or caused by two factors:our attitudes and our subjective⁴ norms（主观规范或周遭压力）.

1 marital   

adj.婚姻的，夫妻的

参考例句：

• Her son had no marital problems.她的儿子没有婚姻问题。
• I regret getting involved with my daughter's marital problems;all its done is to bring trouble about my ears.我后悔干涉我女儿的婚姻问题, 现在我所做的一切将给我带来无穷的烦恼。

2 groom   

vt.给（马、狗等）梳毛，照料，使...整洁

参考例句：

• His father was a groom.他父亲曾是个马夫。
• George was already being groomed for the top job.为承担这份高级工作，乔治已在接受专门的培训。

3 leftover   

n.剩货，残留物，剩饭；adj.残余的

参考例句：

• These narrow roads are a leftover from the days of horse-drawn carriages.这些小道是从马车时代沿用下来的。
• Wonder if that bakery lets us take leftover home.不知道那家糕饼店会不会让我们把卖剩的带回家。

4 subjective   

a.主观(上)的，个人的

参考例句：

• The way they interpreted their past was highly subjective. 他们解释其过去的方式太主观。
• A literary critic should not be too subjective in his approach. 文学评论家的看法不应太主观。