单词	marriageable
释义	marriageable /ˈmarɪdʒəb(ə)l / adjective Fit or suitable for marriage, especially in being wealthy or of the right age: marriageable girls... She has become the noble and marriageable daughter of a wealthy feudal lord. Women had long hair, but marriageable girls wore their hair twisted up into large whorls on either side of their heads. The imbalance in the number of girls and boys of marriageable age is not the only cause of these social changes, and it will not persist for long. Derivatives marriageability /marɪdʒəˈbɪlɪti/ noun ... A single untoward remark or social misstep by any family member can sink a prospective marriage; failed negotiations in turn put the family reputation - and thus the marriageability of every family member - at risk. Circumcision is a way of protecting propriety, morality, and marriageability. They kept it quiet because they thought it could affect the marriageability of other women in the family.
随便看	give someone the big E give someone the bird give someone the boot give someone the creeps give someone the elbow give someone (the) evils give someone the eye give someone the finger give someone the flick (or get the flick) give someone the glad eye give someone the hairy eyeball give someone their cards give someone their due give someone their head give someone the needle give someone the pip give someone the shits give someone the shudders give someone the slip give someone the time of day give someone the works give someone/thing a bad name give someone/thing a (good) run for their money give someone/thing a wide berth give someone/thing best

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