marry与marriage
◆marry的用法
1. 表示与某人结婚,marry 通常用作及物动词,不要受汉语的影响,在其后用介词 with 或 to。如:
正:She married a teacher. 她同一位教师结了婚。
误:She married with [to] a teacher.
有时不说出结婚的对象,也可用作不及物动词。不过此时多半会有状语修饰。如:
Her father married again. 她爸爸又结婚了。
He married (when he was) very early. 他结婚很早。
在口语或非正式文体中,不及物用法的 marry 通常用 get married。如:
They got married in 1987. 他们是1980年结婚的。
2. 表示婚姻的状况,通常用 be married。注意:其中的 married是形容词而不是过去分词。如:
她结婚没有?
正:Is she married?
误:Did she marry? /Has she married?
3. marry 和 get married 均为非延续性动词,通常不与一段时间连用。若要表示某人结婚有多久,可用 be married。如:
误:They’ve (got) married for 20 years.
正:They’ve been married for 20 years. 他们结婚20年了。
4. be married 和 get married 之后可接介词 to(不能用 with)引出结婚的对象。如:
误:She was [got] married with him.
正:She was [got] married to him. 她同他结了婚。
◆marriage的用法
1. 表示“结婚”、“婚姻”,视含义的具体与抽象可用作可数或不可数名词。如:
Marriage is for life. 结婚是终身大事。
Their marriage is a happy one. 他们的婚姻是幸福的。
2. 表示与某人结婚,可用介词 to或 with。一般说来,强调动作时多用 to, 强调状态时多用 with。如:
I was surprised at her marriage to her teacher. 听说她嫁给了她的老师,我感到很惊讶。
My marriage with Mary is a happy one. 我与玛丽的婚姻生活很幸福。
以下同义表达大致同义,均表示 A 与 B 的结婚:
the marriage of [between] A and B
=the marriage of A to [with] B
比较:动词 marry 作为及物动词,其后一般不用介词 to, with等介词。