3325英語網 單詞
affiance的意思
affiance
英 [?'fa??ns]
美 [?'fa??ns]
- vt. 使訂婚
- n. 婚約；信托
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The two families struck an affiance, and kept a record.
- 他們倆家定下了婚約, 立此存照.
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- 2. Affiance is a contract in essence.
- 婚約性質從本質上說應屬一種契約.
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