(1)marry
1. 用作及物动词(vt),表示“嫁与,娶,和…结婚”的意思。如:
I’m glad Hubert married a girl of spirit.
我很高兴休伯特娶了一位高尚的女孩。
My sister married the man who she was engaged to.
我姐姐嫁了和她早已订婚的那个人。
He married my younger sister.
他同我的妹妹结了婚。(他娶了我的妹妹。)
2. 用作不及物动词(vi),必需带状语。如:
She married late in life.她结婚很晚。
He married for money, not for love.他为钱而结婚,不是为爱情。
3. 表示女子结婚或出嫁时,marry后面常接介词to,into或off。如:
The parents married their daughter to a lawyer.
两位父母把他们的女儿嫁给一位律师。
She wished that she could marry into a rich family.
她希望她能嫁到一个富裕的家庭中去。
They married off all their daughters.
他们把女儿都嫁出去了。
4. 表示和谁结婚,可以说marry sb.或be(get)married to sb.如:
He(She)married her(him).
or,He(She) was (got) married to her (him).
注意:在表示“和谁结婚”时,介词应该用“to”,不可以用“with”。如:He was married to a friend of mine.
(2)to be (to get) married
1. 询问某人婚否。如:
Are you married?你结婚了吗?
如末婚,可答I’m single.我还没有结婚。
Have you been married?你已经结婚了吗?(用be的现在完成时态)
通常不说Do you marry? 习惯上也不说Have you married?
2. 询问什么时候结婚,应说:
When were you married? or,When did you get married?
3. 询问某人结婚多久了,应说
How long have you been married?(用be的现在完成时态)
不可说:Have you married?因为marry所表示的动作是不能延续的,正如不能说:How long have you come here?或 How long have you joined the club?一样。
表示结婚多久要用to be(to get)用作连系动词,married是marry的过去分词(pp)用作表语,表示动作的延续状态,不是表示动作的被动语态结构。
比较下列的几种说法:
She married Robert two years ago.
她两年以前和罗伯特结婚的。(表示在一个时间点上的瞬间性动作)
She has been married to Robert for two years.
她和罗伯特结婚两年了。(表示时间段的延续性状态)
= It is two years since She married Robert.
= Two years have passed since she married Robert.
(3)
1.married是marry的过去分词(pp)在句中的作用等于形容词(a),可以用作定语(attrib),表示“已婚的”,“婚居的”的意思。如:
a married man 一位已婚男士
married life 婚居生活
2.说“她是已婚妇女”,有下列几种表述法,如:
She is a married woman.
She has been already married.
3.说“她已到了结婚年龄”或“她该结婚了”,可以说:
She is marriageable girl.
She is suitable in age for marriage.
She is old enough to marry.
4.说“她要结婚了”或“她想要结婚了”,可以说:
She is a marrying woman.(marry的现在分词作定语)
She wants (wanted) to marry.(want+不定式to do表示“想要”)