affiance
英 [ə'faɪəns]
美 [ə'faɪəns]
- vt. 使订婚
- n. 婚约；信托
英语词源
- affiance (v.)
- 1520s, "to promise," from Old French afiancier "to pledge, promise, give one's word," from afiance (n.) "confidence, trust," from afier "to trust," from Late Latin affidare, from ad- "to" (see ad-) + fidare "to trust," from fidus "faithful" from the same root as fides "faith" (see faith). From mid-16c. especially "to promise in marriage." Related: Affianced; affiancing.
权威例句
- 1. The two families struck an affiance, and kept a record.
- 他们俩家定下了婚约, 立此存照.
- 2. Affiance is a contract in essence.
- 婚约性质从本质上说应属一种契约.
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