betrothed

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

I wrote her some bad poems and had more than one sleepless night through anger with her betrothed.
我曾經(jīng)爲(wèi)她寫(xiě)過(guò)幾首拙詩(shī)，還不止一次地因爲(wèi)她的未婚夫而生氣得睡不著覺(jué)。
"There is one thing you must know about me, " the prince said to his betrothed. "I was fated at birth to die in the hands of one of three creatures -- a crocodile, a serpent, or a dog.
“有一件關(guān)於我的事，你必須要了解，”王子對(duì)未婚妻說(shuō)，“我命中注定死於三種動(dòng)物——一條鱷魚(yú)、一條蛇或是一衹狗。
But here he was pledged to defend, on the part of his betrothed's cousin, conduct that, on his own wife's part, would justify him in calling down on her all the thunders of Church and State.
不過(guò)，他在這裡發(fā)誓爲(wèi)之辯護(hù)的未婚妻的表姐的那些行爲(wèi)，若是出現(xiàn)在自己妻子身上，他即使請(qǐng)求教會(huì)和國(guó)家給她最嚴(yán)厲的懲罸也會(huì)是正儅的。

Irene is even more upset when Andronico tells her that she's now betrothed to him, not Tamerlano.
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a person that someone has promised to marry, or has been promised to as a marriage partner