英语Marry用法.doc

Marry用法小结1marry 既可用作及物动词，也可用作不及物动词，意为“结婚、嫁、娶、与……结婚”等常见用法如下：1． marry 既可用作及物动词， **marry sb. 表示“嫁给某人、与某人结婚” **be / get married (to sb.) 表示“与某人结婚” **marry sb. to sb. 表示“（父母把女儿）嫁给某人”或“（父母为儿子）娶媳妇”一）、marry sb. 表示“嫁给某人、与某人结婚”Mr White is going to marry an actress. 怀特先生将同一个女演员结婚George married a girl for her beauty. 乔治娶一位姑娘，因为她长得漂亮He wanted to marry Helen, but she married someone else. 他想娶海伦，但是她嫁给了别人Will you marry him? 你愿意嫁给他吗？（二）．be / get married (to sb.) 表示“与某人结婚”Kate was married to a doctor last month. 上个月凯特和一位医生结了婚When did he get married? 他什么时候结婚的？He was married to my younger sister. 他同我妹妹结了婚。

Susan and Mike got married last year. 苏珊和迈克去年结了婚Hanks and Nancy will soon get married. 汉克斯和南希快要结婚了She got married to a teacher. 她和一位教师结了婚三）．marry sb. to sb. 表示“（父母把女儿）嫁给某人”或“（父母为儿子）娶媳妇”如：She married her daughter to a businessman. 她把女儿嫁给了一位商人She married her son to a rich woman. 她为儿子娶了个有钱的女二．marry用作不及物动词时（一）．往往用副词或介词短语来修饰His uncle didnt marry until forty. 他的叔叔直到40岁才结婚She married when she was twenty years old. 她20岁时结了婚She married early / late in life. 她结婚很早 / 很晚Marry in haste and repent at leisure. （谚语）草率结婚后悔多。

二）marry一般不与介词with连用 她和一位英国人结了婚误】 She married with an Englishman.【正】 She married an Englishman.【正】 She was / got married to an Englishman.（三）若问某人是否已结婚，而不涉及结婚对象，用be / get married的形式，相当于系表结构如：你结婚了吗？【误】 Do you marry? / Have you married?【正】 Are you married? / Have you got married?请看下面一组对话：A: Is Helen married?B: Yes, she is. She married a Frenchman.A: When did they get married?B: In 1998.A: Then they have been married for six years.a.你结婚了没有?[误]Have you married?[正]Are you married? Have you got married?[析]询问别人是否结婚，实质上是问其婚姻状态，应用be married;也可用表示动作的get married的完成时来表示其结果对现在的影响。

b.你什么时候结婚的?[误]When did you marry? [正]When did you get married? When did you marry Alice/Jim?[析]此处若用marry, 其后应接宾语，意即：你什么时候娶/嫁给某某的?否则，应用词组get married.c.我们结婚已有两年[误]We have married for two years.[正]We have been married for two years. We got married two years ago.[析]单个的marry一词不能用于表达这样的意义，应用词组be married或get married, 前者表示状态，可以和表示一段时间的时间状语连用，后者表示动作，为瞬间动词，不可和表示一段时间的时间状语连用d.你可以带着四个孩子改嫁[误]You can be married to four children.[正]You can be married with four children.[析]“和……结婚”只需用marry, 而不需接with, 因为marry为及物动词。

marry sb. with a child意为“带着孩子改嫁”或“娶/嫁给一个有孩子的人”等e.她嫁给了一个律师[误]She married with a lawyer.[误]She married to a lawyer.[正]She married a lawyer.[正]She was married to a lawyer.[析]“嫁给某人”应说:marry sb.或be married to sb., 而不能说marry with/to sb.【特别提示一】 在西方国家，一般不要问别人的婚姻状况，这是个人隐私因此最好不要随便问“Are you married? / How many children do you have?”之类的问题当不知女士是Miss还是Mrs时,请用Ms称呼特别提示二】 一个名叫Mary Smith的女士，婚前可称之为Miss Smith；嫁给Mr Brown后，她便改称为Mary Brown，也可称之为Mrs Brown。