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mesalliance

/meɪˈzæl.i.əns/

翻译: 名词,指与出身或社会地位较低的人结婚,常暗示双方社会地位不相称,被视为不门当户对的婚姻。

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noun

/meɪˈzæl.i.əns/C2formal
  • zh名词,指与出身或社会地位较低的人结婚,常暗示双方社会地位不相称,被视为不门当户对的婚姻。

A noun referring to a marriage with a person of inferior social status, often implying a mismatch in social standing.

  1. Marriage with a person of lower social statusC2formalbritish

    A marriage to someone considered to be of a lower social class or rank.

    zh门不当户不对的婚姻

    • The duke's mesalliance with a commoner shocked the aristocracy.
    • Her family disapproved of the mesalliance, fearing it would damage their reputation.
    • In 19th-century novels, a mesalliance often leads to social conflict.

    同义词misalliance

词形
  • mesalliances plural form
  • mesalliances' possessive plural form
  • mesalliance's possessive singular form