betrothed

音標發(fā)音

I wrote her some bad poems and had more than one sleepless night through anger with her betrothed.
我曾經(jīng)爲她寫過幾首拙詩，還不止一次地因爲她的未婚夫而生氣得睡不著覺。
"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.
“有一件關於我的事，你必須要了解，”王子對未婚妻說，“我命中注定死於三種動物——一條鱷魚、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，他在這裡發(fā)誓爲之辯護的未婚妻的表姐的那些行爲，若是出現(xiàn)在自己妻子身上，他即使請求教會和國家給她最嚴厲的懲罸也會是正儅的。

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