英语词汇“pre-engagement ring”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Existing or occurring prior to engagement; spec. prior or preparatory to being engaged to be married; of or relating to a promise to become engaged to be married, esp. in pre-engagement ring.

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1910 Indianapolis Star 30 Nov. 6/4 Little entertainments (usually with pointed reference to the engagement and pre-engagement days) fill up the evening hours.

1948 J. K. Folsom in Family, Marriage, & Parenthood vii. 236 Present-day conditions call for a code of courtship mores in which possessiveness is completely eliminated in the pre-engagement period and less rigid even after engagement.

1965 Times 9 Sept. 11/6 The ubiquitous pre-engagement agreements to assign all patents without compensation..to the firm is against the law in some..countries.

1974 Washington Post 28 July g6/1 A year ago he bought me a pre-engagement ring but our parents will not give us their blessing until Mike graduates from college and is established.

1988 Oilman (Nexis) Dec. 20 A substantial increase in 'pre-engagement' training for roustabouts, catering for unemployed persons in the Grampian region.

2000 M. Gibbon Swimming Sweet Arrow 69 It wasn't some chintzy pre-engagement job but a real, full-fledged ring.

单词	pre-engagement ring
释义	> as lemmas pre-engagement ring Existing or occurring prior to engagement; spec. prior or preparatory to being engaged to be married; of or relating to a promise to become engaged to be married, esp. in pre-engagement ring. ΚΠ 1910 Indianapolis Star 30 Nov. 6/4 Little entertainments (usually with pointed reference to the engagement and pre-engagement days) fill up the evening hours. 1948 J. K. Folsom in Family, Marriage, & Parenthood vii. 236 Present-day conditions call for a code of courtship mores in which possessiveness is completely eliminated in the pre-engagement period and less rigid even after engagement. 1965 Times 9 Sept. 11/6 The ubiquitous pre-engagement agreements to assign all patents without compensation..to the firm is against the law in some..countries. 1974 Washington Post 28 July g6/1 A year ago he bought me a pre-engagement ring but our parents will not give us their blessing until Mike graduates from college and is established. 1988 Oilman (Nexis) Dec. 20 A substantial increase in 'pre-engagement' training for roustabouts, catering for unemployed persons in the Grampian region. 2000 M. Gibbon Swimming Sweet Arrow 69 It wasn't some chintzy pre-engagement job but a real, full-fledged ring. extracted from pre-engagementn.adj. < as lemmas
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